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Accession  No.  712  d...t]f~C     1/Claxs  No. 


ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI 


PICTORIAL  HAND-BOOK  OF  THE  QUEEN  CITY 


COMPRISING 


ITS  ARCHITECTURE,  MANUFACTURE,  TRADE; 

ITS  SOCIAL,  LITERARY,  SCIENTIFIC,  AND  CHARITABLE 

INSTITUTIONS;    ITS   CHURCHES,   SCHOOLS,   AND    COLLEGES;    AND 

ALL  OTHER   PRINCIPAL    POINTS   OF   INTEREST 

TO  THE  VISITOR  AND  RESIDENT 


TOGETHER   WITH 


AN  ACCOUNT  OP  THE  MOST  ATTRACTIVE  SUBURBS 


BY  D.  J.  KENNY. 


ILLUSTRATED  WITH  OVER  THREE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY  ENGRAVINGS 
AND  A  NEW  AND  COMPLETE  MAP 


CINCINNATI 
ROBERT    CLARKE    &    CO 

1875 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1875, 

BY   D.  J.  KENNY, 
In  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 

RIGHT  OF  TRANSLATION  RESERVED. 

7 


CINCINNATI: 
PRESS  OF  HITCHCOCK  &  WALDEN. 


PREFACE 


ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI  has  involved  twelve  months  of  anxious 
labor  and  careful  inquiry  into  a  multiplicity  of  details.  Many  facts 
which  should  have  been  given  have  possibly  been  omitted;  but  in 
a  city  so  large,  so  flourishing,  and  embracing  so  many  varieties  of 
artistic,  commercial,  and  manufacturing  interests,  containing  so  many 
public  buildings,  churches,  colleges,  and  .schools,  such  omissions  will, 
I  feel  assured,  be  forgiven  in  this,  the  first  edition  of  the  work.  I 
must,  however,  say,  that  no  expense  or  toil  has  been  spared  in  its 
preparation.  Its  pages  present  more  illustrations  than  any  Guide- 
book in  Europe  or  America,  with  which  somewhat  extended  travel 
has  made  me  acquainted;  and  in  the  letterpress  the  object  aimed  at 
has  been  to  afford  both  the  resident  and  the  visitor  condensed  in- 
formation, without  any  attempt  whatever  at  elaborate  graces  of 
diction  or  of  style. 

I  trust  that  the  book  may  be  of  some  use  in  explaining  to  the 
people  of  the  United  States  some  of  the  cardinal  attractions  and 
advantages  of  Cincinnati,  and  now  respectfully  submit  it  to  the 
kind  consideration  of  the  public.  Whatever  its  special  merits  or 
demerits  may  be,  the  volume,  as  a  whole,  may  be  accepted  as  a  land- 
mark illustrative  of  the  modern  history,  the  resources,  and  architec- 
ture of  the  city. 

D.  J.  KENNY. 

CINCINNATI,  September,  1875. 


PUBLISHER'S   NOTICE. 


THE  type  used  in  printing  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI  was  cast 
expressly  for  the  purpose  by  ALLISON,  SMITH  &  JOHNSON,  of  this 
city.  More  than  two  hundred  photographs  were  taken  for  this  work 
by  MURMAIN  &  BLEAKS,  of  West  Third  Street.  Special  sketches  were 
drawn  by  HOWARD,  FARNEY,  BUDDEN,  M'CoMAS,  CLEGG,  and 
others.  The  engravings  of  a  portion  of  Parts  I  and  II  were  executed 
by  BOGART,  STILLMAN,  FOLGER,  CASSILLY  ADAMS,  WILLIAMS,  HART, 
WAY  &  HALL,  SYDAM,  and  others.  The  finer  engravings  of  Part  I 
and  all  of  the  engravings  of  Part  III  were  executed  by,  and  under 
the  direction  of,  FRED.  IUNGLING,  30  Bond  Street,  New  York.  The 
electrotyping  by  the  FRANKLIN  TYPE  FOUNDRY,  and  the  composi- 
tion, press-work,  and  binding  by  HITCHCOCK  &  WALDEN,  190  West 
Fourth  Street. 


CONTENTS. 


PART  I. 


THE   CITY  AND  ITS   INSTITUTIONS'. 


INTRODUCTORY,  9. 

APPROACHES  TO  CINCINNATI  T-JY  KAIL,  13. 
No.  1.  By  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  & 
Dayton  R.  Tl.;  Atlantic  &  Great  West- 
ern R.  R.  (Erie  Railway);    Cincinnati, 
Richmond  &  Chicago  R.  R.;  Dayton  & 
Michigan  R.  R.;   and  the  Cincinnati, 
Hamilton  &  Indianapolis  R.  R.,  13. 
No.  2.  By  the  Indianapolis,  Cincinnati 
&  Lafayette  R.  R.;    Cincinnati  &  St. 
Louis  R.  R.;   Cincinnati  &  Chicago  R. 
R.;  and  White  Water  Valley  R.  R.,  16. 
No.  3.  By  the  Marietta  &  Cincinnati  11. 

R.,  17. 

No.  4.  By  the  Cleveland,  Columbus,  Cin- 
cinnati &  Indianapolis  11.  R.,  18. 
No.  5.  By  the  Pittslmrg,  Cincinnati  & 
St.  Louis  R.  R.  (Pan  Handle  and  Little 
Miami)  and  the  Cincinnati  &  Muskin- 
gum  Valley  R.  R.,  20. 
No.  6.  By  the  Louisville,  Cincinnati  & 
Lexington    R.    R.    (Louisville    Short 
Line  ^21. 
No.  7.  (To  Covington)  By  the  Kentucky 

Central  R.  R.,  22. 

APPROACHES  TO  CINCINNATI  BY  RIV*ER,  23. 
By  the  Upper  Ohio,  21 ;   by  the  Lower 
Ohio,  25. 
DIAGRAM  OF  PRINCIPAL  THOROUGHFARES, 

345. 
THE  HOTELS,  26. 

The  Grand  Hotel,  26 ;  The  Burnet  House, 
27;  The  Gibson  House,  28;  TheSt.  James 
Hotel,  2'.>;  The  St.  Nicholas,  31 ;  Kep- 
pler's  Hotel,  31  ;  The  Walnut  Street 
House,  31  ;  The  Crawford  House,  31  ; 
The  Merchants'  Hotel,  33;  The  Gait 
House,  33;  The  Henrie  House,  34 ;  The 
Carlisle  House, 34;  The  Indiana  House, 
31 ;  The  Avenue  Hotel,  34  ;  The  Madison 
House,  35;  Hunt's  Hotel,  35;  Broad- 
way Hotel,  35. 
MODES  OF  CONVEYANCE,  3P>. 


PLACES  OF  AMUSEMENT,  37. 

Pike's  Opera  House,  37;  Grand  Opera 
House,  40;  Wood's  Theater,  40;  Robin- 
son's Opera  House,  40;  The  National 
Theater,  41. 

PLACKS  AND  SIGHTS  WHICH  A  STRANGER 
,  MUST  SEE,  344. 

PLACES  IN  AND  NEAR  THE  CITY  WHICH  A 
STRANGER  SHOULD  SEE,  344. 

CITY  GOVERNMENT  AND  STATISTICS,  42. 
The  City, 42 ;  Villages  annexed,  42 ;  In- 
undation, 43;  Increase  of  Population, 
43;  Nativities,  43;  Number  of  Duell- 
ings, 43;  Occupations,  43;  The  Mercan- 
tile Quarter,  43;  Fine  Private  Resi- 
dences, 43;  Over  the  Rhine, 43;  Railway 
Traffic,  43;  Telegraphic,  44;  River 
Packets, 44  ;  Omnibuses, 44  ;  Street  Rail- 
ways, 44  ;  The  City  Buildings,  44  ;  City 

^Executive,  44;  The  Courts,  44;  The 
Police,  45;  Water  Supply,  45;  Sewers, 
45;  Gas,  45;  The  City  Finances,  45; 
Licenses,  46  ;  Paupers,  46. 

THE  GREAT  PUBLIC  CHARITIES, 46. 

The  Cincinnati  Hospital,  46;  The  Good 
Samaritan  Hospital,  48;  St.  Mary's 
Hospital,  49 ;  The  Jewish  Hospital,  49 ; 
Longview  Asylum,  49  ;  The  City  Infirm- 
ary, 50;  The  House  of  Refuge,  51  ;  The 
City  Workhouse,  51;  The  Cincinnati 
Orphan  Asylum,  53;  The  German  Prot- 
estant Orphan  Asylum,  53;  Roman 
Catholic  Orphan  Asylums,  53;  The  Col- 
ored Orphan  Asylum,  54 ;  The  Boys' 
Protectory,  54 ;  The  Cincinnati  Union 
Bethel,  54;  The  Newsboys'  Home,  56; 
The  Home  of  the  Friendless,  56;  The 
Sisters  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  57;  The 
House  of  the  Guardian  Angel,  58;  The 
Cincinnati  Relief  Union,  58;  The  Chil- 
dren's Home  of  Cincinnati,  58;  The 
Widows'  Home, 59;  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association,  59;  Home  of  the 


CONTENTS. 


Women's  Christian  Association,  60 ;  The 
Fatherhood  of  Priests  of  St.  Francis, 
60 ;  The  Convent  of  the  Sisters  of  Mercy, 
61 ;  The  Convent  of  Notre  Dame,  61  ; 
The  Convent  of  St.  Francis  of  the  Poor, 
61  ;  The  Hebrew  General  Relief  Asso- 
ciation, 61  ;  Cincinnati  Homoeopathic 
Free  Dispensary,  61  ;  Dispensary  of  the 
Medical  College  of  Ohio,  61 ;  The  Young 
Men's  Bible  Society,  61. 

MUNICIPAL  DEPARTMENTS, 62. 

The  Board  of  Health,  The  Cincinnati 
Fire  Department,  62. 

THE  PUBLIC  BUILDINGS, 64. 

The  Post-office.  61;  The  Custom  House, 
66;  The  United  States  Government 
Building,  66;  The  Exposition  Buildings, 
68 ;  The  Chaml.er  of  Commerce,  68  ;  The 
Board  of  Trade,  69;  The  Mechanics'  In- 
stitute, 69  ;  The  Newspapers,  69. 

THE  TELEGRAPH  COMPANIES,  70. 

The  Western  Union,  70 ;  The  Atlantic 
and  Pacific,  70;  The  American  District 
Telegraph  Co.,  71  ;  The  City  and  Subur- 
ban Telegraph  Association,  71. 

THE  EXPRESS  COMPANIES,  71. 

The  Adams  Express  Co. ,71  ;  The  Ameri- 
can Express  Co. ,71;  The  United  States 
Express  Co.,  72. 

EDUCATIONAL  ESTABLISHMENTS,  72. 

The  University  of  Cincinnati,  72;  The 
School  of  Design,  74  ;  The  Law  School, 
74;  The  Observatory,  74;  The  Hughes 
High  School,  74;  The  Woodward  High] 
School,  74;  The  Intermediate  Schools,' 
76;  The  District  Schools,  76;  The  Nor- 
mal School,  76 ;  The  Colored  Schools,  76  ; 
St.  Francois  Xavier  College,  76;  The 
Seminary  of  Mount  St.  Mary's,  76  ;  The 
Lane  Theological  Seminary,  76;  The 
Mount  Auburn  Young  Ladies'  Insti- 
tute, 78 ;  The  Cincinnati  Wesleyan  Col- 
lege, 78 ;  Commercial  Academies,  80 ; 
The  Jewish  College,  80;  Mount  St.  Vin- 
cent Academy,  316. 

MEDICAL  COLLEGES,  81. 

The  Medical  College  of  Ohio,  81  ;  The 
Miami  Medical  College,  82;  Cincinnati 
College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  83; 
The  Eclectic  Medical  Institute,  83;  The 
Ohio  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  85 ;  Cin- 
cinnati Ophthalmic  and  Aural  Insti- 
tute, 86 ;  The  Cincinnati  College  of 
Pharmacy,  86. 

THE  LIBRARIES,  86. 

The  Public  Library,  86;  The  Young 
Men's  Mercantile  Library  Association 
90;  Other  Libraries,  90. 

THE  MUSICAL  ORGANIZATIONS, 91. 

The  Cincinnati  Mamnerchor,  91  ;  The 
Orpheus,  91 ;  The  St.  Cecilia  Mamner- 


chor,  91 ;  The  Germania  Mfennerchor, 
92;  The  Harmonic  Society,  92;  The  Cin- 
cinnati Orchestra,  92;  The  Church 
Choirs,  92 ;  Conservatories  of  Music,  93 ; 
The  Bands,  93. 

THE  CLUB  HOUSES,  93. 

The  Cuvier  Club  of  Cincinnati,  93  ;  The 
Phoenix  Club,  94 ;  The  Allemania,  94 ; 
The  Eureka,  9 1 ;  The  Queen  City  Club,  95. 

THE  BOAT  CLUBS,  95. 

The  Cincinnati  Boat  Club,  95;  The 
Americus  Boat  Club,  95 ;  The  Dauntless 
Boat  Club,  95. 

GYMNASTIC  ASSOCIATIONS,  95. 

The  Gymnasium,  95  ;  The  Turnverein  of 
Cincinnati,  96 ;  The  Floating  Bath,  97. 

SECRET  SOCIETIES,  97. 

The  Masonic  Temple,  97 ;  The  Odd-fel- 
lows' Hall,  98 ;  The  Heptasophs,  99  ;  The 
Order  of  Benai  Berith,  99 ;  The  Druids, 
99;  The  Sons  of  Temperance,  99;  The 
Independent  Order  of  Good  Templars,  99. 

THE  MILITARY  ORGANIZATIONS.  100. 

Companies  B,  C,  D,  and  E,  100;  The  Sin- 
ton  Cadets,  100;  The  Cincinnati  Jaeger 
Company,  100;  The  Camp  Washington 
Dragoons,  100. 

THE  CHURCHES,  101. 

St.  Peter's  Cathedral,  101 ;  St.  Francois 
Xavier  Church,  102;  St.  Paul's  Episco- 
pal Church,  103;  St.  Paul  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  103;  St.  John's  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  104  ;  The  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  105;  The'Church 
of  the  Holy  Trinity,  105  ;  The  Church  of 
the  Atonement,  105;  The  Hebrew  Syna- 
gogue, 106;  The  Hebrew  Temple,  107; 
The  Central  Christian  Church,  107  ;  The 
Ninth  Street  Baptist  Church,  108 ;  The 
First  Congregational  Church,  108. 

THE  FOUNTAIN  (with  14  illustrations),  109. 

THE  BRIDGES,  121. 

The  Suspension  Bridge,  121 ;  The  New- 
port Bridge,  121 ;  The  Southern  Railway 
Bridge,  121. 

THE  BANKS,  122. 

THE  CLEARING  HOUSE,  123. 

THE  PARKS,  124. 

Eden  Park,  124  ;  The  Great  Reservoirs, 
124;  Burnet  Woods,  125;  Lincoln  Park, 
125;  Washington  Park,  127;  Eighth 
Street  Park,  128;  The  City  Park,  128; 
The  Water  Works  Park  128 ;  Hopkins 
Park,  128. 

THE  FLORISTS  AND  NURSERY  GARDENS,  129. 

OVER  THE  RHINE  (with  4  illustrations), 
129;  The  Beer  Gardens,  131  ;  Wielert's 
Saloon  and  Garden,  131 ;  Music  Over 
the  Rhine,  132;  The  Transrhenan 
Waiter,  \?A  ;  The  Wiener-Wurst  Man, 
135 ;  The  Sausage  Man,  135. 


CONTENTS. 


PART  II. 

STREET  -  ARCHITECTURE,  COMMERCE,  AND  MANUFAC- 
TURES. 


FOURTH  STREET,  138. 

A.  C.  Richards,  138;  John  Van,  139; 
M'Henry  &  Co.,  140 ;  John  Holland,  141 ; 
George  Meldrum,  142;  Geo.  E.  Stevens 
&  Co.,  143;  A.  J.  Clark,  144;  Duhme& 
Co.,  145;  The  Krebs  Lithographing 
Company,  147;  Wheeler  &  Wilson,  148; 
Camargo  Manufacturing  Company,  149; 
John  Church  &  Co.,  150;  F.  Schultze  & 
Co.,  151;  Wilson  Brothers,  l.r>2;  Jeffras, 
Seeley  &  Co.,  153;  John  Shillito  &  Co., 
154  ;  The  Mitchell  &  Rammelsberg  Fur- 
niture Company,  156;  A.  E.  Burkhardt 
&  Co.,  158 ;  Strowbridge  &  Co.,  159 ;  The 
Dueber  Watch  Case  Manufacturing 
Company,  161 ;  Wm.  H.  Tlmyer  &  Co., 
161 ;  Wm.  Wilson  M'Grew,  162;  A.  &  H. 
Straus,  163  ;  J.  S.  Cook  &  Co.,  164  ;  D.  H. 
Baldwin  &  Co.,  165;  F.  Worthington  & 
Co.,  166 ;  Hitchcock  &  Walden,  166 ;  The 
Union  Central  Life  Insurance  Company, 
167. 

FIFTH  STREET,  169. 

Sylvester  Hand  &  Co.,  170;  Wm.  Pow- 
ell &  Co.,  170;  C.  S.  Weatherby  & 
Co.,  171;  Tuckfarber  &  Co.,  172;  F. 
Lunkenheimer  &  Co.,  172 ;  Manning, 
Robinson  <fe  Co.,  173;  John  A.  Mohlen- 
hoff,  174. 

MAIN  STREET,  175. 

Sellew  &  Co.,  177;  T.  &  A.  Pickering, 
177;  F.  H.  Lawson  &  Co.,  178;  A.  D. 
Smith  &  Co.,  179;  Richard  Wooley  & 
Sons,  180;  Kemper  Bros.,  181  ;  T.  T. 
Brown  &  Co.,  182;  J.  &  A.  J.  Nurre,  183; 
Pape  Brothers  &  Kugeman,183;  P.  Wil- 
son &  Sons,  184;  Bradford  &  Utz,  185; 
M.  Loth,  186;  Rudolph  Wurlitzer  & 
Bro.,  187;  DeCamp,  Levoy  &  Co.,  188; 
Goldsmith  &  Newburgh,  189;  Knost 
Bros.  &  Co.,  189;  Chas.  Moser  &  Co., 
190;  Leonard  &  Cook.  192;  James  C. 
Hopple  &  Co.,  193;  E.  Myers  &  Co.,  193  ; 
Neave,  Ward  &  Co.,  194;  J.  S.  Burdsal 
&  Co.,  195. 

WALNUT  STREET,  197. 

Cliff  Mine  Terra  Cotta  Works,  197; 
Lewis  &  Neblitt,  197;  M.  Bare  &  Co., 
198;  Taylor  &  Brother,  198;  Peter  Zie- 
dinger,  199;  P.  Echert  &  Co.,  200; 
Mitchell  &  Whitelaw,  201  ;  Snider  & 
Hoole,  202;  J.  M.  M'Cullough  &  Sons, 


203;  Wilson,  Hinkle  &  Co.,  203;  Howell 
Gano  &  Co.,  204;  Fairbanks,  Morse  & 
Co.,  205;  W.  E.  Hampton  &  Co.,  205; 
Charles  Stewart,  206;  The  Bromwell 
Manufacturing  Co. ,207;  Wm.  R.  Teas- 
dale,  208. 

VINE  STREET,  209. 

Thomas  Gibson  &  Co,  209 ;  The  Franklin 
Type  Foundry,  210;  Clemens  Oskamp, 
211 ;  The  Amazon  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany, 212;  The  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  213;  Tolle,  Hnlton  &  Co.,  213; 
Esselborn  Bros. ,215 ;  Win.  Glenn  &  Sons, 
216;  Wm.  Glenny  &  Co.,  216;  Reis  Bro- 
thers &  Co.,  218. 

RACE  STREET,  219. 

The  Corrugated  Elbow  Company,  219; 
Chambers,  Stevens  &  Co. ,220;  Chas.  H. 
Wolff  &  Co. ,220;  Devon  &  Co. ,221;  Wil- 
stach,  Baldwin  &  Co.,  222;  Wm.  H. 
Bucher,  223. 

THIRD  STREET,  224. 

Spence  Brothers  &  Co.,  224;  The  Safe 
Deposit  Company,  225;  Geo.  W.  Neff 
&  Co.,  226;  Murdock  &  Hobbs,  227; 
Francis  Ferry  &  Son,  228 ;  The  Miami 
Valley  Fire  Insurance  Company,  228; 
Fidelity  Fire  Insurance  Company,  229; 
Enterprise  Insurance  Company  229;  A. 
&  J.  Trounstine,  231 ;  Stern,  Meyer  & 
Co.,  231  ;  J.  &  L.  Seasongood  &  Co.,  232; 
Lockwood,  Nichols  &  Tice,  233;.  Bohm 
Brothers  &  Co.,  234;  Bnchman  Bros. 
&  Co.,  234;  Dunn  &  Witt,  235;  Geo. 
C.  Ware,  236;  The  Royer  Wheel  Com- 
pany, 237. 

PEARL  STREET,  238. 

Barbour,  Stedman  &  Herod,  238 ;  Wm. 
F.  Thorne  &  Co.,  239 ;  Lockard,  Ireland 
&  Co.,  240  ;  J.  A.  Simpkinson  &  Co.,  240; 
Phipps,  O'Connell  <fe  Co.,  241;  Shipley, 
Hoover  &  Co. ,242;  C.  B.  Evans  Mantel 
and  Grate  Co.,  243;  C.  S.  Rankin  &  Co., 
244;  The  Hall  Safe  and  Lock  Co.,  247; 
Macneale  &  Urban,  247. 

SECOND  STREET,  248. 

Vanduzen  &  Tift,  249;  The  American 
Burial  Case  Company,  249;  F.  Miller  & 
Co.,  250;  Cochran  &  Fearing,  251  ;  The 
St.  Bernard  Starch  Works,  251  ;  James 
H.  Laws  &  Co.,  253 ;  Procter  &  Gamble, 
253;  Pomeroy,Peckover  &  Co.,255;  J.T. 


CONTENTS. 


Warren  &  Co.,  255 ;  Gould,  Pierce  &  Co., 
256 ;  Geo.  Fox,  253 ;  Parker,  Harrison  & 
Co.,  258 ;  D.  Foerster,  260 ;  H.  B.  Mudge, 
261;  Geo.  D.  Winchell,  262;  E.J.  Wilson 
&  Co.,  262 ;  The  Star  Lager  Beer  Bottling 
Company,  264 ;  Caldwell  &  Co. ,264;  Post 
&  Co.,  265  ;  James  Bradford  &  Co.,  266  ; 
H.  Closterman,  268. 
FRONT  STREET,  269. 

M'llvaiii  &  Spiegel,  269;  Hosier,  Bah- 
inan  &  Co.,  269;  Wayne  &  Rattermann, 
270 ;  William  Resor  &  Co. ,271 ;  J.  A.  Fay 
&  Co.,  272. 


THE  MANUFACTORIES,  274. 

Statistics,  274 ;  The  Iron  Trade  of  Cin- 
cinnati, 274;  Lane  &  Bodley,  274;  Geo. 
C.  Miller  &  Sons,  279;  B.  Bruce  &  Co^ 
279  ;  Harvey  Miller,  280 ;  Jos.  W.  Wayne, 
2S2;  William  Kirkup  &  Sons,-282;  W  & 
J.  B.  Gibson,  283;  L.  A.  Strobel  &  Co., 
281;  Chamberlin  &  Co. ,285;  Redway  & 
Burton,  286;  Longhead  &  Porter,  287; 
M.  Work  &  Co.,  288;  The-  Mo  wry  Car 
and  Wheel  Works,  288;  Gest  &  Atkin- 
son, 289;  John  Nash  &  Co.,  291;  M. 
Clements,  291  ;  J.  W.  Gaff  &  Co.,  293. 


PART  III. 

SCENES   ON   THE   RIVER,  THE  INCLINED   PLANES,  THE 
SUBURBS  AND  DRIVES. 


DIAGRAM  OF  THE  SUBURBS,  346. 

SCENES  ON  THE  RIVER,  294! 

Mouth  of  the  Licking  River,  294  ;  Steam- 
ers at  the  Levee,  295 ;  View  on  the  Lick- 
ing, 297. 

THE  INCLINED  PLANES,  298;  The  Mount 
Auburn  Inclined  Plane,  298;  Price's 
Hill,  298;  Mount  Adams,  299;  Mount 
Auburn  from  the  Reading  Road,  300. 

THE  SUBURBS,  301. 
Hack  Fares,  302. 

THE  GRAND  DRIVE.  Through  Avondale, 
the  Zoological  Gardens,  the  Burnet 
Woods,  Clifton,  etc.,  302.  Directions 
for  the  Route,  302;  The  Zoological 
Gardens,  30 1 ;  The  Bear  Pits,  305 ;  The 
Monkey  House,  305 ;  The  Restaurant, 
306;  Residences  of  E.  T.  Kidd  and  Gaz- 
zam  Gano,  .307;  Henry  Probasco,  309; 
George  K.  Shoenberger,  310 ;  Righard 
Smith,  311. 

DRIVE  No.  2.  To  Price's  Hill  and  Mount 
St.  Mary's  Seminary,  to  Warsaw,  to 
Peterborough,  and  return  by  Harrison 
Pike,  312.  Directions,  312;  Mount  St. 
Mary's  Seminary,  312;  Residence  of  Mrs. 
Boyle, 316. 

DRIVE  No.  3.  To  the  Cemetery  of  Spring 
Grove,  31 7.  Directions,317  ;  View  of  Ave- 
nue, 318;  View  of  Entrance  to  Spring 
Grove,  319;  View  of  Lake,  320;  The 
Dexter  Masoleum,  321  ;  Residence  of 
Sylvester  Hand,  322, 


DRIVE  No.  4.  To  West  Walnut  Hills, 
Avondale,  Reading  Road  to  Carthage, 
Longview  Asylum,  and  Chester  Driving 
Park,  323.  Directions,  323;  Hamilton 
County  Infirmary,  324 ;  Residence  of 
Robt.  Mitchell,  324;  Longview  Lunatic 
Asylum,  325. 

DRIVE  No.  5.  To  College  Hill  and  Return, 
by  Clifton,  Walnut  Hills,  Mt.  Auburn, 
and  the  Rending  Road, 326.  Directions, 
326  ;  Residence  of  I.  N.  Laboyteaux,  328. 

DRIVE  No.  6.  To  Fnirmount,  Westwood, 
Werk's  Wine  Cellar,  Cheviot,  and  Mt. 
Airy. 

DRIVE  No.  7.  To  Eden  Park,  via  Gilbert 
Avenue,  the  great  Reservoirs,  the  Casino, 
through  Walnut  Hills  and  Woodbnrn, 
along  the  Grandin  Road,  return  through 
Walnut  Hills  and  Mount  Auburn.  331. 
Directions,331  ;  Eden  Park, 332;  Walnut 
Hills,  333;  Woodburn,  335. 

DRIVE  No.  8.  To  Covington,  Latonia 
Springs,  and  the  Lexington  Pike,  335. 

OTHER  DRIVES,  337. 

Residence  of  Mathew  Addy,  Mount 
Auburn,  337 ;  Wyoming,  337  ;  Residence 
of  George  D.  Winchell,  338;  The  M'Cul- 
lough  Homestead,  Norwood  Heights, 
339;  Residence  of  Col.  P.  P.  Lane,  CIO; 
View  at  Mount  Washington,  341. 

SUMMER  RESORTS,  341. 

Residence  of  Wm.  Means,  342. 

ADVERTISEMENTS,  347. 


KENNY'S 

ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI, 


I 


INTRODUCTORY. 

CINCINNATI,  the  commercial  capital  of  Ohio,  is  situated  on 
the  right  bank  of  the  river  which  gives  name  to  the  State, 
and  separates  it  from  Western  Virginia  and  Kentucky.     It 
stands  in  lat.  39°  6X  30/x  N.,  and  in  long.  84°  26'  W. ;  four 
hundred    and   fifty-eight   miles    below   Pittsburg,  where  the 
Ohio  as  such  is  first  formed,  and  five  hundred  miles  above 
the  junction  of  that  stream  and  the  Mississippi. 

The  site  of  the  city  is  peculiarly  favorable  to  commerce, 
comfort,  and  health.  It  lies  on  a  natural  plateau,  through 
which  the  Ohio  passes  from  the  south-east  to  the  south-west.  This 
plain  is  nearly  twelve  miles  in  circumference,  and  is  bisected  by  the 
River  into  nearly  equal  parts.  On  the  north  half  is  Cincinnati,  and 
on  the  south  are  Covington  and  Newport,  serrated  by  the  Licking 
river.  This  great  plain  is. entirely  surrounded  by  hills  three  hundred 
feet  in  height,  forming  one  of  the  most  beautiful  natural  amphi- 
theaters to  be  found  anywhere  on  the  continent,  from  whose  hill-tops 
may  be  seen  the  splendid  panorama  of  the  cities  below,  with  the 
winding  Ohio,  its  steamers  and  barges,  and  incessant  movement  along 
its  shores. 

No  other  large  city  of  the  United  States  affords  such  a  variety  of 
position  and  scenery.  Its  site  is  one  which  a  painter  would  have 
chosen  for  its  beauty,  and  a  shrewd  mechanic  for  the  utmost  facilities 
of  building,  of  water,  and  of  drainage.  On  this  site  is  built  one  of  the 
most  populous  and  prosperous  cities  of  America,  concentrating  in  itself 
the  productions  of  a  great  extent  of  country,  and  manufacturing  the 
raw  materials  of  mines  and  forests,  to  be  again  distributed,  not  only 
through  the  interior,  but  to  the  remotest  countries  of  the  globe.  The 

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10  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


result  of  such  immense  resources  has  been  a  rapid  growth  in  wealth  and 
population.  This  city,  whose  increase  to  over  two  hundred  thousand 
inhabitants  in  half  a  century,  and  to  nearly  three  hundred  thousand  in 
seventy-five  years,  surpasses  that  of  any  other  city  in  the  same  length 
of  time,  was  first  settled  by  white  men  in  December,  1788 — twelve  years 
after  the  signing  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  It  was  laid  out 
by  a  party  from  New  Jersey,  under  the  patent  of  John  Cleves  Symmes, 
to  what  is  called  the  Miami  country.  The  town  was  first  surveyed 
and  plotted  by  Col.  Ludlow,  and  its  plan  is  similar  to  that  of  Phila- 
delphia, with  rectangular  streets  inclosing  blocks  of  convenient  size. 
The  plateau  on  which  it  is  built  is  composed  of  two  terraces,  which 
are  elevated  respectively  fifty  and  one  hundred  and  eight  feet  above 
the  level  of  the  river.  Fort  Washington,  which  was  the  original 
nucleus  of  the  buildings,  stood  on  the  east  side,  nearly  opposite  the 
mouth  of  Licking  Kiver.  The  village  of  Cincinnati  was  mainly 
built  below  the  fort  and  on  the  river  bank,  and  though  founded  in 
1788,  yet  in  1800  it  was  composed  of  but  a  few  frame  and  log  houses, 
with  a  population  of  only  seven  hundred  and  fifty  inhabitants. 

Such  was  the  Cincinnati  of  seventy-five  years  ago  ;  a  small,  strug- 
gling, unpromising  village  on  the  banks  of  the  Ohio,  amid  an  uncul- 
tivated wilderness. 

The  peace  which  followed  Wayne's  victory  at  the  battle  of  Fallen 
Timbers  gave  rest  and  security  to  the  Miami  country.  Then  followed 
the  wonderful  growth  of  Cincinnati.  In  a  few  years  schools,  churches, 
banks,  and  factories  arose.  The  business  city  soon  filled  the  lower 
plain;  then  dwellings  arose  on  the  upper;  then  stores  and  factories 
crowded  them  out,  and  for  years  the  dwellings  of  the  busy  citizens 
have  been  gradually  climbing  the  hill-sides  and  filling  the  little  valleys 
of  creeks  on  the  east  and  west,  while  on  the  hill-tops  and  far  back  in 
the  country  are  beautiful  rural  villages,  which  are  now  completely 
connected  with  the  city,  and  form  together  the  great  central  metropolis 
of  the  West. 

The  first  great  step  in  the  progress  of  the  town  was  doubtless  the 
improvement  of  navigation.  To  form  an  idea  of  this  we  must  go  back 
to  1800,  when  the  emigrants  to  the  West  were  seen  descending  the 
Ohio  in  what  were  called  arks,  or  flat  boats,  fired  into  from  either 
shore  by  the  Indians,  requiring  weeks  of  time  to  accomplish  the  voyage 
from  Fort  Du  Quesne  (Pittsburg)  to  the  falls  of  the  Ohio,  and  landing 
amid  enemies  in  the  dark  forests  of  the  Ohio.  Such  was  the  first 
mode  of  navigation.  In  1800  a  line  of  two  keel  boats  (boats  with 
keels,  and  pushed  by  poles),  with  bullet-proof  covers  and  port-holes, 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  11 


provided  with  cannon  and  small  arms,  was  established  between  Cincin- 
nati and  Pittsburg,  making  the  trip  once  in  four  weeks.  The  keel 
boat  was  the  best  and  most  comfortable  boat  for  navigation  on  the 
Ohio,  and  this,  with  the  flat  boat,  were  the  sole  means  of  conveyance 
on  the  waters  of  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi. 

In  1811  the  first  steamboat  was  launched  in  the  West,  and  in 
1816  the  first  steamboat  was  built  in  Cincinnati.  The  steamboat 
changed  the  whole  kind  and  character  of  navigation  on  the  Ohio. 
Cincinnati  at  once  began  to  build  steamboats  and  to  trade  with  the 
most  distant  parts  of  the  Mississippi  Valley.  She  became  the  mart  of 
a  vast  commerce  and  the  center  of  an  immense  transit.  Suddenly 
thirty  thousand  miles  of  river  coast  opened  to  her  a  commerce  'and 
traffic  as  extensive  as  if  she  had  been  placed  on  the  shores  of  the  Medi- 
terranean or  the  Pacific.  New  Orleans  at  one  thousand  five  hundred 
miles,  and  the  tributaries  of  the  Missouri  at  thousands  of  miles, 
were  accessible  to  her,  and  she  became  the  point  for  the  receipt,  dis- 
tribution, and  transshipment  of  the  immense  surplus  products  of  a 
great  region.  The  number  of  steamboats  built  in  Cincinnati  amounted 
to  one-fifth  of  the  whole  number  built  in  the  United  States. 

Manufactures  is  the  greatest  subject  of  interest  in  Cincinnati.  The 
raw  materials  and  facilities  are  almost  unequaled.  Above,  on  the 
Ohio  Kiver  are  exhaustless  beds  of  iron,  coal,  and  salt,  and  such  is  the 
ease  of  transportation  that  coal  and  iron  are  cheaper  at  Cincinnati 
than  in  any  other  of  the  great  cities  of  the  Union.  Hence  the  busi- 
ness of  manufacturing  rose  rapidly  to  importance,  and  the  prosperous 
development  of  this  industry  has  proved  the  main  source  of  growth 
and  profit  to  the  city. 

Immediately  connected  with  commerce  and  manufactures  and 
agricultural  production  are  the  lines  of  transit  and  the  means  of 
locomotion.  With  the  growth  of  steamboating,  canals,  turnpikes, 
and  railroads  soon  followed  in  their  order.  A  canal-boat  leaving 
Cincinnati  with  iron-ware  or  sugar  may  carry  it  to  the  shores  of  Lake 
Erie  or  the  lower  Wabash;  a  steamboat  leaving  the  wharf  may  carry 
its  furniture  to  Kansas,  Arkansas,  or  to  Minnesota.  The  traveler 
who  leaves  in  the  morning  may  in  one  day  be  borne  by  the  locomo- 
tive beyond  the  Mississippi,  or  in  two  days  to  the  shores  of  New 
England.  Including  their  connections,  there  are  more  than  twenty 
thousand  miles  of  railroad  leading  directly  to  and  through  Cincin- 
nati. The  eastern  lines  connect  with  all  the  roads  over  the  mountains 
to  the  Atlantic  cities,  the  northern  with  all  the  towns  of  the  Lakes, 
the  Western  with  St.  Louis  and  the  Mississippi,  and  the  southern  with 


12  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


the  interior  of  Kentucky,  to  be  continued  by  roads  now  constructing 
to  Knoxville,  Nashville,  and  Chattanooga,  Tennessee,  and  thence  to 
the  South  Atlantic  Coast. 

The  city  owns  property,  real  and  personal,  to  the  amount  of  over 
$168,000,000,  and  its  whole  debt  is  $17,000,000,  of  which  $10,000,000, 
for  the  Southern  Kailroad,  is  to  be  only  temporary.  While  the 
physical  and  commercial  growth  of  Cincinnati  has  been  so  rapid 
and  great,  it  has  been  accompanied  by  all  the  means  and  appliances 
of  social,  religious,  and  intellectual  life  found  in  our  American  cities. 
One  hundred  and  thirty-five  churches  of  all  Christian  denominations 
afford  full  opportunity  for  religious  worship  and  culture.  For 
education,  elementary  and  professional,  there  are,  one  university, 
one  law  school,  six  theological  schools,  six  medical  schools,  three 
commercial  seminaries,  four  colleges,  three  female  colleges,  one  farm- 
ers' college,  and  many  seminaries  for  both  sexes,  besides  the  great 
system  of  public-schools,  which  are  equal  to  any  city  in  the  country. 
The  social  literary  elements  of  Cincinnati  are  such  as  are  generally 
found  in  large  cities — lectures,  libraries,  periodicals,  and  the  society  of 
a  large  number  of  educated  and  active-minded  persons.  The  libra- 
ries are  numerous  and  well  stocked  with  tens  of  thousands  of  volumes, 
and  are  free,  or  nearly  so,  to  the  citizens. 

Cincinnati  is,  in  general,  well  built,  and  is  the  compactest  city  in 
the  United  States.  It  is,  however,  undergoing  a  transformation  which 
will  probably  result  in  rendering  it  a  beautiful  and  magnificent  city. 
After  a  decade  of  quiet  observation,  during  which  it  surveyed  its  own 
progress,  as  it  were,  and  which  earned  for  it  the  sobriquet  of  "  Con- 
servative Cincinnati"  and  "the  solid  city,"  it  is  just  now,  in  1875, 
again  marching  forth  with  the  same  wonderful  strides  that  marked 
its  early  career.  Improvement  on  improvement  crowds  the  way,  and 
every  street  and  square  is  being  more  and  more  beautified  and  embel- 
lished. The  new  building  material,  besides  brick,  used  in  the  struc- 
tures which  supplant  the  old  ones,  is  a  gray  sandstone  of  even  hue, 
and  without  glare  or  gloom,  presenting  a  neat  and  pleasant  aspect. 
These  new  structures  are  rapidly  rising.  The  city  is  gradually  ascend- 
ing, by  the  means  of  inclined  planes,  operated  by  steam  power,  the 
hills  from  whose  tops  handsome  villas  already  look  down  on  the 
bright  panorama  below.  Soon  the  amphitheater  on  the  plain  will  be 
filled  almost  exclusively  with  business,  the  hills  and  the  country  far 
behind  them  filled  with  splendid  edifices,  and  the  whole  be  more  than 
lever  most  properly  called  by  its  early  name,  the  Queen  City  of 
the  West. 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  13 


APPROACHES  TO  CINCINNATI  BY  RAIL. 

THERE  are  five  railroad  depots,  at  either  of  which  the  traveler  who 
approaches  Cincinnati  by  rail  is  laid  down.  The  CINCINNATI,  HAMIL- 
TON AND  DAYTON  DEPOT,  the  PLUM  STREET  DEPOT,  the  OHIO  AND 
MISSISSIPPI  DEPOT,  and  the  LITTE  MIAMI  DEPOT  are  in  the  city.  The 
KENTUCKY  CENTRAL  DEPOT  is  in  Covington. 

The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Depot  is  the  ter- 
minus of  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railroad ;  the  Atlan- 
tic and  Great  Western  Railroad,  or  Erie  Railway ;  the  Cincinnati, 
Richmond  and  Chicago  Railroad;  the  Dayton  and  Michigan  Rail- 
road ;  and  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Indianapolis  Railroad. 

APPROACH  NO.  1. 

All  trains  over  the  five  roads  named  pass  through  the  suburbs,  as 
follows: 

Hamilton — 25  miles,  with  13,000  inhabitants.  Situated  on  the 
Great  Miami  River.  An  important  manufacturing  town.  Has  many 
fine  public  buildings  and  extensive  manufactories.  The  home  of  a 
large  number  of  Cincinnati  merchants. 

Grlendale — On  the  right,  15  miles,  with  1,500  inhabitants.  An  in- 
corporated village;  laid  out  in  1851.  Possesses  several  handsome 
churches  and  an  extensive  female  college.  One  of  the  quietest,  hand- 
somest, and  most  retired  suburbs  of  the  city ;  the  home  of  many  of 
Cincinnati's  wealthiest  citizens.  It  is  only  eleven  miles  from  here  by 
the  fine  turnpike  that  leads  to  the  city. 

After  leaving  Glendale  the  line  crosses  Mill  Creek  four  times  before 
reaching  the  depot. 

Lockland  and  Wyoming  Station — 12  miles;  both  incorpo- 
rated villages.  Lockland — On  the  left,  with  about  1,200  inhabitants. 
An  old  established  place,  situated  on  the  Miami  and  Erie  Canal; 
bounded  on  the  east  by  the  C.,  C.,  C.  &  I.  R.  R  (Dayton  Short  Line), 
with  depot.  A  thriving  place.  Possesses  some  manufactories.  Is  joined 
on  the  east  to  the  incorporated  village  of  Reading,  with  3,000  inhabit- 
ants. "Wyoming" — On  the  right,  with  about  800  inhabitants.  A  new 
place,  situated  on  the  Glendale  turnpike.  The  hills  of  Wyoming, 
which  are  crowned  with  many  handsome  residences,  command  an  ex- 
tensive and  wide-spread  view  of  the  beautiful  Mill  Creek  Valley.  The 


14  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


handsome  church  and  most  of  the  fine  residences  around  it  seen  from 
the  cars  were  dense  woods  only  a  few  years  ago. 

Hartwell — On  the  left,  10f  miles,  with  300  inhabitants.  Laid  out 
in  1868  by  the  Hamilton  County  Building  Association.  The  dwellings 
are  all  new,  commodious,  and  of  pleasing  architecture.  Is  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  suburbs  in  the  valley. 

The  large  building  on  the  right  after  leaving  Hartwell  is  the  City 
Infirmary;  on  the  left,  the  Hamilton  County  fair  grounds  and  the 
County  Infirmary. 

Carthage — On  the  left,  10  miles,  with  1,000  inhabitants.  An  old 
established  place.  A  favorite  drive  from  the  city  by  the  Avenue  road. 

The  extensive  building  on  high  ground  to  the  left  is  the  Longview 
Lunatic  Asylum.  The  Miami  and  Erie  Canal  runs  through  the  asy- 
lum grounds  between  the  building  and  the  railroad  track.  A  double 
track  on  this  line  commences  here  to  the  city. 

Winton  Place — On  the  right,  6|  miles,  with  about  100  inhabitants. 
A  new  village  upon  the  borders  of  the  celebrated  Spring  Grove  Cemetery. 

On  the  left  is  seen  the  Catholic  church  and  the  cemetery  of  St. 
Bernard. 

The  train  now  enters  the  beautiful  grounds  of  Spring  Grove  Ceme- 
tery and  passes  tjirough  a  line  of  stately  monuments.  On  the  right  is 
visible  the  Dexter  mausoleum,  the  finest  tomb  in  the  place.  It  is  built 
on  the  borders  of  a  small  lake,  which  is  crossed  by  a  rustic  bridge.  There 
are  swans  and  numerous  water-fowl  around  the  lake ;  and  in  the  Sum- 
mer time  the  groves  resound  with  the  song  of  imported  and  domestic 
birds.  The  street-cars  come  out  to  the  gate  of  the  cemetery,  a  distance 
of  60-  miles. 

After  leaving  the  cemetery  grounds  the  hills  forming  the  western 
boundary  of  Clifton,  the  finest  suburb  of  the  city,  become  visible  on 
the  left,  and  before  arriving  at  the  next  station  the  splendid  mansions 
of  Probasco,  Shoenberger,  and  Mrs.  Bowler  are  seen  on  their  summits. 

Cumminsville — 5  miles,  with  4,000  inhabitants.  When  the 
whistle  sounds  for  this  station  the  train  passes  through  the  exact  site 
on  which  stood,  in  the  year  1800,  a  fortification  called  Ludlow  Station. 
It  was  the  nearest  secure  military  post  north  of  Fort  Washington  at 
Cincinnati.  The  army  of  General  St.  Clair  was  encamped  on  this  spot 
in  1791.  This  was  the  place  of  last  resort  by  the  Indians  of  the  Miami 
Valley.  General  Mansfield  lived  here  for  a  number  of  years.  Cum- 
minsville was  founded  in  1790.  It  was  for  many  years  an  incorpo- 
rated village,  but  is  now  a  part  of  the  25th  Ward  of  Cincinnati.  It 
possesses  seven  churches  of  different  denominations.,  some  of  which  are 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


15 


fine  buildings.  There  are  two  public-schools  and  a  Catholic  Orphan 
Asylum.  A  large  number  of  beer  gardens  make  it  quite  a  resort  for 
the  city.  The  Marietta  Kailroad  and  the  Dayton  Short  Line"  Rail- 
road have  a  depot  on  the  left. 

From  this  point  to  the  city  the  line  runs  close  to  Mill  Creek,  and  .a 
little  further  on  at  the  base  of  the  Western  Hills. 

The  conspicuous  red  brick  building  with  a  turret  rising  from  the 
roof,  and  situated  on  a  hill  to  the  right,  was  originally  built  as  a 
Baptist  educational  establishment.  It  was  afterward  owned  by  the 
Cincinnati  Schutzenfest  Society  as  a  Summer  beer-garden  and  resort. 
It  is  now  an  Inebriate  Asylum. 

The  large  stone  building  on  the  left  is  the  House  of  Refuge.  The 
extensive  brick  buijding  quite  close  to  it  is  the  city  Work  House. 

After  passing  these  buildings  the  stock -yards,  or  cattle  market, 
with  their  Avenue  Hotel,  come  into  view  on  the  left,  as  also  the 
Avenue,  along  which,  in  favorable  weather,  many  fast  teams,  driven 
by  the  sporting  men  of  the  city,  may  be  seen  from  the  cars. 

Brighton — 2  miles,  on  the  left;  another  station  within  the  city. 

From  this  point  to  the  depot  a  view  of  the  west  end  of  the  city  and 
its  surrounding  high  hills  may  be  obtained.  A  large  proportion  of  the 
streets  seen  to  the  left  have  been  built  within  the  last  few  years.  The 
process  of  filling  up  the  low  ground  at  each  side  of  the  creek  is  being 
pushed  forward  very  rapidly,  and  when  accomplished  the  view  from 
the  cars  in  this  direction  will  be  less  extensive. 

The  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railroad  Depot,  corner  of 
Fifth  and  Hoadley  Streets,  is  within  fifteen  minutes'  walk  of  the  Post- 
office.  Erected  in 
1864;  length  400 
feet ;  width  60  feet. 
Has  a  ladies'  and 
gentlemen's  wait- 
ing room,  a  restau- 
rant, and  telegraph 
office.  Sidings  will 
accommodate  800 
freight  cars.  Every 
twenty  -  four  hours 
twelve  passenger 
and  five  freight 
trains  arrive,  and  the  same  number  depart  from  the  depot.  The 
officers  of  the  road  have  their  offices  in  the  second  storv  of  thebuild- 


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ing.  A  round-house,  capable  of  housing  twenty-five  locomotives,  and 
extensive  machine  shops,  employing  forty -five  machinists  in  building 
and  repairing,  are  located  alongside  the  depot. 

The  Plum  Street  Depot  is  the  terminus  of  the  Indianapolis, 
Cincinnati  and  Lafayette  Railroad ;  the  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis 
Railroad  (Vandalia  Route) ;  the  Cincinnati  and  Chicago  Railroad 
(Kankakee  Route);  the  Cincinnati  and  White  Water  Valley  Rail- 
road; the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati  Railroad,  and  the  Cleveland, 
Columbus,  Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis  Railroad. 

APPROACH  NO.  2. 

All  trains  over  the  Indianapolis,  Cincinnati  and  Lafayette  Rail- 
road, the  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis  Railroad,  and  the  Cincinnati  and 
Chicago  Railroad,  pass  through  the  suburbs  as  follows: 

NOTE. — The  White  Water  Valley  Railroad  comes  in  by  this  ap- 
proach at  Valley  Junction,  Ind. 

Lawrenceburg1,  Ind.  —  25  miles,  with  4,000  inhabitants.  A 
pleasantly-situated  town ;  the  home  of  many  Cincinnati  merchants. 

Cleves,  Ind. — 16  miles,  with  500  inhabitants.  A  flourishing  vil- 
lage. Possesses  a  Presbyterian  and  a  Methodist  church  and  good 
public-school. 

After  leaving  this  place  the  train  passes  through  a  tunnel  1,500 
feet  in  length. 

North  Bend,  Ind. — 15  miles,  with  about  50  inhabitants.  The 
old  home  of  Wm.  Henry  Harrison,  once  President  of  the  United 
States.  The  old  house  is  yet  to  be  seen,  on  a  delightfully  elevated 
spot.  Here  the  ashes  of  the  aged  hero  repose,  with  only  a  crumb- 
ling brick  tomb  to  mark  the  spot. 

Delhi — 11  miles,  with  50  inhabitants.  Handsomely  situated  on 
the  Ohio  River.  It  has  three  churches,  a  Masonic  hall,  and  some 
tasteful  residences. 

Trautman's,  or  South  Bend — 8  miles;  a  small  village,  with 
Post-office. 

Riverside — 4  miles,  with  500  inhabitants.  Naturally  a  beautiful 
locality,  extending  along  the  Ohio  River,  and  divided  into  three  sta- 
tions— Riverside,  Southside,  and  Anderson's  Ferry.  Possesses  a  few 
fine  residences.  It  has  also  a  substantial  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 

Street-cars  connect  Riverside  with  the  city. 

Sedamsville — 2J  miles;  a  station  within  the  city,  in  the  21st 
Ward. 


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APPROACH  NO.  3. 

All  trains  over  the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati  Railroad  pass  through 
the  suburbs  as  follows : 

Loveland — 26  miles,  Avith  600  inhabitants.  The  crossing  of  the 
Marietta  and  Cincinnati  with  the  Little  Miami  Railroad.  It  is  built 
on  high  ground,  on  the  banks  of  the  Little  Miami  River,  and  has  some 
beautiful  scenery.  It  possesses  three  churches,  one  school-house,  a 
Masonic  hall,  and  has  an  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  Society  that 
has  been  in  existence  twenty  years. 

Symmes  Station— 22  miles,  with  about  150  inhabitants.  Ad- 
joins Branch  Hill  on  the  Little  Miami  Railroad.  The  Little  Miami 
River  flows  between  the  two  places,  and  they  are  connected  with  a  hand- 
some suspension  bridge.  The  scenery  in  this  vicinity  is  charming. 

Remington — 20  miles,  with  about  100  inhabitants.  A  new  sub- 
urb, picturesquely  situated.  About  one  mile  west  of  this  place  is 
Montgomery,  an  old  established  village  with  500  inhabitants.  The 
place  has  three  churches  and  a  school-house.  Omnibuses  connect 
with  the  trains. 

Madisonville — 13  miles,  with  1,000  inhabitants.  An  old  town, 
settled  in  1809.  Possesses  three  churches  and  a  commodious  school 
house.  Has  a  Literary  and  Musical  Association,  besides  a  Masonic 
and  Odd-fellows'  hall. 

Oakley — 12  miles,  with  250  inhabitants.  Only  five  miles  from 
the  Court-house  by  the  Madisonville  turnpike.  Contains  a  few  good 
residences. 

Norwood — 10J  miles,  with  150  inhabitants.  A  handsome  sub- 
urb. The  Norwood  heights,  seen  on  the  right,  reach  the  greatest  ele- 
vation in  Hamilton  County.  An  Indian  mound,  from  which  there  is 
a  most  extensive  and  beautiful  prospect,  is  one  of  the  features  of  the 
place.  This  suburb  is  becoming  the  home  of  many  prominent  city 
merchants. 

Bond  Hill — 9  miles,  with  about  100  inhabitants.  A  new  place, 
settled  in  1870. 

Ludlow  Grove— 7J  miles.  Adjoins  the  village  of  St.  Bernard, 
both  with  about  1,500  inhabitants.  Less  than  twenty  years  ago  this 
spot  was  covered  with  forest  trees.  It  has  now  a  large  school-house,  a 
post-office,  and  a  number  of  handsome  residences. 

The  Catholic  cemetery  and  church  of  St.  Bernard,  with  spire  170 
feet,  are  seen  from  the  cars. 

Wiiitoii  Place — (See  Approach  No.  1.) 


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APPROACH  NO.  4. 

All  trains  over  the  Cleveland,  Columbus,  Cincinnati  and  Indian- 
apolis Railroad  pass  through  the  suburbs  as  follows: 

Middletown — 34  miles,  with  4,000  inhabitants,  situated  pleas- 
antly on  the  great  Miami  River.  Possesses  quite  a  number  of  fine 
residences. 

Sharon — 17  miles,  with  500  inhabitants.  A  pleasantly  situated 
village.  Contains  some  handsome  residences,  the  homes  of  Cincinnati 
merchants. 

Newtown — 10  miles,  with  about  600  inhabitants.  A  hand- 
somely situated  suburb. 

Lockland — See  Approach  No.  1. 

NOTE — The  Cincinnati,  Cleveland,  Columbus,  and  Indianapolis 
track  joins  the  track  of  the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati  Railroad  at  Lud- 
low  Grove. 


THE    PLUM    STREET    DEPOT. 


The  Plum  Street  Depot,  Plum  Street,  corner  of  Pearl,  is  within 
four  squares  of  the  Post-office,  erected  in  1863.  Length,  400  feet; 
width,  64  feet.  Has  a  ladies'  and  gentlemen's  waiting-rooms,  an 
eating-stand,  and  telegraph  office.  Sidings  will  accommodate  1,000 
freight  cars.  Every  twenty-four  hours  23  passenger  and  12  freight 
trains  arrive,  and  the  same  number  depart  from  the  depot.  The 
officers  of  the  Indianapolis,  Cincinnati,  and  Louisville  Railroad  have 


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their  offices  in  the  railroad  building  on  Central  Avenue  and  Pearl 
Streets.  The  round-house  and  shops  of  the  different  roads  are  down 
the  track,  about  one  mile  from  the  depot. 

.The  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Depot  is  the  terminus  of  the 
Ohio  and  Mississippi  Kailroad.  All  trains  over  the  Ohio  and  Miss- 
issippi Road  pass  through  the  suburbs  by  the  same  route,  as  Approach 
No.  2. 

NOTE — The  trains  of  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  stop  only  at 
Delhi. 


THE   OHIO    AND    MISSISSIPPI    DEPOT. 


The  Ohio  and  Missisippi  Depot,  West  Front  Street,  corner  of  Mill 
Street,  is  within  fifteen  minutes'  walk  of  the  Post-office.  Erected  in 
1873.  Has  a  ladies'  and  gentlemen's  waiting-room,  restaurant,  and 
telegraph  office.  Every  twenty-four  hours  6  passenger  and  5  freight 
trains  arrive,  and  the  same  number  depart  from  the  depot.  Head 
offices  and  shops  in  Saint  Louis.  Sidings  will  accommodate  600 
freight  cars. 

The  Little  Miami  Railroad  Depot  is  the  terminus  of  the 
Pittsburg,  Cincinnati,  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  (commonly  called  the 
Little  Miami,  and  nicknamed  the  Pan  Handle  route) ;  the  Louis- 
ville, Cincinnati  and  Lexington  Eailroad  (called  also  the  Louisville 
Short  Line). 

NOTE — The  Cincinnati  and  Muskinguni  Valley  Eailroad  joins  this 
approach  at  Morrow. 


20  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


APPROACH  NO.  5. 

All  trains  over  the  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati,  and  St.  Louis  Railroad 
pass  through  the  suburbs  as  follows : 

Xenia) — 65  miles,  with  8,000  inhabitants.  A  beautiful  town.  The 
train  passes  the  town  on  the  left.  The  Springfield  Branch  of  the 
Little  Miami  joins  the  main  line  here,  as  does  also  the  Dayton  and 
Western  Branch. 

Morrow — 36  miles,  with  1,500  inhabitants.  The  train  passes 
through  the  middle  of  the  town.  A  very  handsome  place,  surrounded 
by  a  beautifully  picturesque  country.  The  residence  of  many  officials 
of  the  Little  Miami  Railroad. 

Loveland — Described  under  Approach  No.  3. 

Branch  Hill — 20  miles,  with  500  inhabitants;  adjoins  Symmes 
Station  on  the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati  Railroad.  The  Little 
Miami  River  flows  between  the  two  places,  and  they  are  connected 
by  a  handsome  suspension-bridge.  The  scenery  in  this  vicinity  is 
charming. 

Miamiville — 17  miles,  with  about  600  inhabitants.  A  purely 
rural  village. 

Camp  Dennison — 16  miles,  with  400  inhabitants.  A  place 
well  known  as  barracks  and  rendezvous  during  the  war.  The  store- 
houses, hospitals,  and  dwellings  built  by  the  Government  are  now 
turned  to  business  purposes. 

Milford — 14  miles,  with  2,000  inhabitants.  A  handsome,  lively 
suburb,  situated  on  the  left  bank  of  the  Little  Miami  River. 

Gravelotte — 13  miles.  The  whole  distance  between  this  place 
and  Milford  is  dotted  with  handsome  residences. 

Plainville — 9  miles,  with  about  200  inhabitants.  Situated  on  the 
Little  Miami  River. 

Linwood — 6  miles,  also  the  station  for  MOUNT  WASHINGTON. 
The  latter  lies  three  miles  to  the  east  on  the  highlands,  and  boasts  of 
many  beautiful  landscape  views.  An  omnibus  connects  with  the  trains. 

Columbia — 4£  miles.  A  station  within  the  city,  in  the  first 
ward,  situate  on  the  bank  of  the  Ohio.  The  hills  of  Kentucky,  with 
the  villages  of  Dayton  and  Bellevue,  on  the  opposite  bank  of  the 
river,  can  be  seen  to  the  left.  The  train  now  passes  through  suburbs 
called  Tusculum,  Delta,  and  P^ndleton,  which  form  one  continuous 
street  to  the  depot.  At  the  latter  place,  the  high  hills  on  the  right 
mark  the  boundary  of  Eden  Park.  At  Pendleton  are  situated  the 


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locomotive  works,  round-house,  and  general  car-shops  of  the  Little 
Miami  Railroad.  Just  before  entering  the  depot,  the  City  "Water 
Works  Building  is  seen  on  the  left, 

APPROACH  NO.  6. 

All  trains  over  the  Louisville,  Cincinnati,  and  Lexington  Railroad 
pass  through  the  suburbs  as  follows : 

Worthville— 20  miles,  with  about  1,500  inhabitants.  Settled  in 
a  thickly  populated  section  of  country. 

South  Covington — 4  miles,  with  1,000  inhabitants.  A  very 
beautiful  suburb. 

Newport— 1  mile,  with  26,000  inhabitants. 

The  train  now  crosses  the  Ohio  River  on  an  iron  bridge  3,000  feet 
in  length  and  105  feet  above  low  water  level.  To  the  left,  while  cross- 
ing the  bridge,  are  seen  on  the  Kentucky  side  the  Newport  Military 
Station,  the  mouth  of  the  Licking  River,  and  the  palatial  residence 
of  Amos  Shinkle,  Esq.  On  the  Cincinnati  side  a  fine  view  of  the 
levee  or  public  landing,  in  the  centre  of  which  is  seen  the  Union 
Bethel  Building.  Down  the  river  a  splendid  view  of  the  great  Suspen- 
sion Bridge.  After  crossing  the  bridge  the  train  sweeps  to  the  right  on 
a  curve,  and  goes  down-grade  at  the  rate  of  105  feet  to  the  mile,  over 
a  fine  causeway  or  trestlework  800  feet  in  length.  Passes  the  City 
Water  Works  Building,  and  then  backs  into  the  depot.  . 


LITTLE    MIAMI    RAILROAD    DEl't 


The  Little  Miami  Railroad  Depot,  Kilgour  and  Front  Streets,  is 
within  20  minutes'  ride  or  15  minutes'  walk  of  the  Post-office.    Erected 


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in  1851.  Length,  450  feet;  width,  60  feet.  Has  ladies'  and  gentle- 
men's waiting-rooms  and  dining-rooms  and  telegraph  on  second  floor. 
Eating  and  news-stand  stand  on  platform-floor.  Sidings  will  accom- 
modate 400  freight  cars.  Every  twenty-four  hours  13  passenger  and 
9  freight  trains  arrive,  and  the  same  number  depart  from  the  depot. 

The  Kentucky  Central  Depot  is  the  terminus  of  the  Ken- 
tucky Central  Railroad.  All  trains  over  the  Kentucky  Central  Rail- 
road pass  through  the  suburbs  as  follows : 

Falmouth,  Ky. — 40  miles,  with  1,000  inhabitants.  Situated 
handsomely  between  the  Licking  River  and  its  south  fork. 

Boston,  Ky. — 30  J  miles,  with  200  inhabitants.  Picturesquely 
situated  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Licking  River. 

Butler,  Ky. — 28  miles,  with  about  300  inhabitants.  A  hand- 
some village  on  the  Licking. 

Canton,  Ky. — 14  miles,  with  100  inhabitants.  A  new  place, 
pleasantly  located  on  the  Licking. 

Coving-ton,  Ky. — 1J  miles,  with  36,000  inhabitants.  A  line  of 
omnibuses  (fare  50  cents)  and  street  cars  (fare  10  cents)  connect  with 
the  city. 


KENTUCKY    CENTRAL    RAILROAD    DEPOT. 


The  Kentucky  Central  Depot,  Eighth  and  Washington  Streets,  is 
within  15  minutes'  drive  of  the  Post-office.  The  depot  accommoda- 
tions are  rather  limited,  but  there  is  a  waiting-room,  telegraph  office, 
and  lunch-counter.  Every  twenty-four  hours  3  passenger  and  2 
freight  trains  arrive,  and  the  same  number  depart  from  the  depot. 
The  round-house,  which  is  a  fine  building,  t^an  house  30  locomotives. 
The  siding  will  accommodate  500  freight  cars.  Offices  in  the  second 
story  of  the  depot. 


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APPROACHES  TO  CINCINNATI  BY  RIVER. 

THE  Ohio  River  is  the  largest  branch  of  the  Mississippi  River 
from  the  east,  and  was  known  to  the  early  French  settlers  as  La  Belle 
Riviere.  It  is  famed  for  the  uniform  smoothness  of  its  current  as  well 
as  for  the  beauty  and  fertility  of  its  valley.  It  is  formed  in  the  west 
part  of  Pennsylvania  by  the  junction  at  Pittsburg  of  the  Monongahela 
and  Alleghany  Rivers. 

Over  an  area  of  drainage  of  the  Ohio  and  its  branches,  estimated 
at  202,400  square  miles,  the  topography  is  uniform  in  its  principal 
features;  The  valleys  are  depressions  below  the  general  summit  level 
of  the  country ;  all  of  them  were  eroded  by  currents  of  water ;  and  the 
piles  of  strata  presenting  no  portions  that  could  resist  the  action  of 
these,  the  descent  of  the  river  beds  is  gentle,  with  no  sudden  breaks  or 
precipitous  falls. 

An  interesting  feature  in  the  banks  of  the  river  is  the  succession 
of  terraces  often  noticed  rising  one  above  another  at  different  eleva- 
tions and  sometimes  spreading  out  in  broad  alluvial  flats.  Though 
they  are'  often  75  feet  or  more  above  the  present  mean  level  of  the 
river,  they  were  evidently  formed  by  fluviatile  deposits  made  in  dis- 
tant periods  when  the  river  flowed  at  these  higher  levels.  Evidence 
is  altogether  wanting  to  fix  the  date  of  these  periods. 

The  city  of 'Cincinnati  stands  upon  two  of  these  terraces,  the  upper 
one  58  feet  above  the. lower,  and  this  50  feet  above  low  water  of  the 
river.  In  the  gravel  of  the  upper  one  have  been  found  the  teeth  of  an 
extinct  species  of  .elephant.  Shells  which  have  been  found  at  corre- 
sponding elevations  are  of  recent  species  such  as  are  still  common  to 
the  waters  in  the  neighborhood. 

The  total  length  of  the  Ohio  River  is  967  miles.  Its  course  till  it 
passes  out  of  Pennsylvania  is  a  little  W.  of  N.  to  Beaver,  Penn., 
and  thence  W.  to  the  line  of  the  State  of  Ohio.  It  then  flows  S. 
between  Ohio  and  Virginia,  passing  Wheeling,  the  western  terminus  of 
the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  92  miles  below  Pittsburg.  The 
general  course  of  the  river  is  W.  S.  W.  After  passing  between  Ohio 
and  Virginia  it  borders  the  whole  length  of  Kentucky,  separating 
that  State  from  Ohio,  Indiana,  and  Illinois  on  the  N. 

The  width  of  the  river  varies  from  800  to  1,500  feet.  Its  depth  at 
different  seasons  is  very  fluctuating,  the  range  between  high  and  low 
water  being  often  50  and  sometimes  60  feet.  During  portions  of  the 


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2i  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


Sumiiier  season  and  in  the  Autumn  when  the  water  is  low,  the  larger 
steamboats  are  all  withdrawn,  and  what  are  known  as  low-water  boats 
are  substituted. 

At  the  lowest  stage  the  river  may  be  forded  at  several  places  both 
above  and  below  Cincinnati.  In  the  Winter  it  i"s  often  frozen  over; 
and  for  several  weeks,  and  sometimes  months,  floating  ice  prevents  its 
navigation. 

The  rate  of  its  current  varies  with  the  stage  of  the  water  from  two 
and  a  half  to  four  and  a  half  miles  an  hour.  The  only  rapids  are  at 
Louisville,  and  these  can  be  surmounted  during  4  or  5  months  of  each 
year.  In  2J  miles  the  fall  is  about  22  feet.  A  canal  was  long  since 
constructed  past  these  rapids  at  Louisville,  and  has  now  been  made 
sufficiently  capacious  to  allow  nearly  all  of  the  largest  steamers  to  pass. 

The  country  bordering  on  the  Ohio  is  for  the  most  part  a  thriving 
agricultural  region,  and  m#ny  prosperous  and  beautiful  towns  and 
cities  have  grown  up  within  the  present  century  on  its  banks.  Man- 
ufactures are  encouraged  by  the  mines  of  coal  and  iron  ore  that 
abound  in  the  country  traversed  by  this  river  and  its  tributaries,  and 
the  products  of  these  add  largely  to  the  immense  transportation  car- 
ried on  by  the  boats.  In  1869  the  commerce  of  the  Ohio  Eiver  was 
nearly  equal  to  the  whole  foreign  commerce  of  the  United  States. 

The  tributaries  of  the  Ohio  from  both  sides  are  numerous,  and  some 
of  them  are  important  navigable  rivers,  as  the  Muskingum  and  Scioto 
of  Ohio,  the  Kanawha  of  West  Virginia,  the  Big  Sandy,  Licking,  and 
Green  Kivers  of  Kentucky.  The  Wabash  of  Indiana,  and  the  Cum- 
berland arid  Tennessee  Eiver s  of  Tennessee. 

THE  UPPER  OHIO. 

There  is  very  little  through  travel  on  the  Upper  Ohio  from  Pitts- 
burg,  Pa.,  Wheeling,  West  Va.,  Marietta,  O.,  or  Parkersburg,  West 
Va.,  to  Cincinnati,  as  all  of  these  places  are  connected  directly  by  rail; 
but  from  all  points  below  them  the  only  available  means  of  communi- 
cation is  by  river. 

NOTE — The  distances  are  to  the  Suspension  Bridge  at  Cincinnati, 
and  are  taken  from  the  United  States'  Government  surveys. 

Pomeroy,  O. — 217|  miles,  with  6,000  inhabitants.  It  abounds 
with  stone-coal  of  a  good  quality.  A  very  extensive  business  done 
in  salt. 

Gallipolis,  O.-^IOOJ  miles,  with  4,000  inhabitants.  Situated  4 
miles  below  the  mouth  of  the  great  Kanawha  Eiver.  The  most 


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extensive  salines  in  the  western  country  are  situated  60  miles  from 
the  mouth  of  the  Kanawha.  Three  millions  of  bushels  of  salt  manu- 
factured yearly. 

Guyan'dotte,  W.  Va.— 161J  miles,  with  3,000  inhabitants. 
At  the  mouth  of  the  Guyandotte  Kiver.  Is  the  most  important  point 
of  steamboat  embarkation  in  West  Virginia,  except  Wheeling.  The 
great  stage  route  along  the  Kanawha  to  Winchester  commences  here. 

Ironton,  O. — 141 J  miles,  with  8,000  inhabitants.  Was  com- 
menced in  1849  by  the  Ohio  Iron  and  Coal  Company.  It  is  situated 
above  level  of  the  highest  freshets  in  the  midst  of  the  richest  iron  and 
coal  region  of  Ohio  and  Kentucky.  See  full  description  elsewhere. 

Portsmouth,  O. — 113  miles,  with  12,500  inhabitants.  A  flour- 
ishing town  of  considerable  importance.  Contains  10  or  12  churches, 
besides  banks,  rolling,  flour,  and  oil  mills,  also  carding  machine, 
forge,  and  nail  factories. 

Maysville,  Ky. —  61  miles,  with  8,000  inhabitants.  Daniel 
Boone  resided  here  in  1786.  Maysville  was  incorporated  in  1833. 
A  beautiful  place,  surrounded  by  a  range  of  bold  and  verdant 
highlands. 

Ripley,  O. — 52  J  miles,  with  3,000  inhabitants.  A  flourishing 
business  town.  Laid  out  in  1812. 

The  Little  Miami  River  enters  the  Ohio  6  miles  above  Cincinnati. 
At  the  mouth  of  the  stream  the  land  bordering  on  it  is  low,  and  is 
known  by  the  name  of  the  "  Miami  Bottoms,"  which  are  exceedingly 
fertile.  Subject  to  overflow  during  'floods  in  the  Ohio. 

Columbia — 2  miles.  Part  of  the  First  Ward  of  Cincinnati.  Orig- 
inally designed  for  the  great  emporium  of  the  West.  The  site  not  be- 
ing found  sufficiently  high  above  the  floods  of  the  river,  the  project 
of  a  city  was  abandoned.  The  first  church  in  Ohio  was  built  here. 

THE  LOWER  OHIO. 

Regular  packets  ply  from  Cairo,  111.,  the  mouth  of  the  Ohio  River, 
to  all  points  as  far  up  as  Cincinnati.  Passengers  arriving  by  rail  or 
steamer  from  any  point  south  can  take  the  regular  evening  packets  at 
Louisville,  Ky.,  for  Cincinnati.  Distance,  132  miles.  Passing  on  the 
way  up. 

Madison,  Ind.— 86}  miles,  with  12,000  inhabitants.  Beautifully 
located  in  a  valley.  The  trade  of  Madison  is  extensive,  and  the  man- 
ufactures very  important.  Wheat  and  pork  are  the  main  products, 
being  the  chief  products  of  the  State, 

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Carrolton,  Ky. — 74J  miles,  with  about  1,500  inhabitants.  Was 
laid  out  in  1792.  Possesses  1  academy,  3  churches,  besides  numerous 
corn  and  steam  saAV-mills. 

Rising-  Sun,  Ind. — 35J  miles,  with  2,000  inhabitants.  A  flour- 
ishing town.  Contains  3  churches,  3  mills,  a  large  cotton  and  woolen 
factory,  an  extensive  distillery,  and  2  printing-offices. 

Aurora,  Ind. — 26J  miles,  with  3,300  inhabitants.  Connected 
with  Cincinnati  by  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Kailroad. 

Lawrenceburg1,  Ind. — 22  J  miles,  with  4,000  inhabitants.  Con- 
nected with  Cincinnati  by  the  Indianapolis,  Cincinnati,  and  Lafayette 
and  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Railroads. 

NOTE — All  places  on  the  Ohio  River  above  Lawrenceburg  are 
connected  by  rail  with  Cincinnati. 


THE*  HOTELS. 

CINCINNATI  possesses  as  many  good  hotels  as  any  city  of  its  size  in 
the  United  States.  To  the  visitor  who  wishes  to  make  a  lengthened 
stay,  the  selection  of  a  hotel  becomes  a  matter  of  the  first  importance. 
The  hotels  are  named  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  ranked  by  the 
citizens.  Many  persons,  especially  those  who  intend  stopping  for 
a  long  time,  will  find  it  most  economical  to  patronize  the  boarding- 
houses,  of  which  there  are  quite  a  number  in  some  of  the  finest  local- 
ities of  the  city.  Lodging  rooms  are  also  procurable  at  moderate  rates, 
and  the  large  number  of  restaurants  offer  bills  of  fare  of  great  variety. 

NOTE — In  stating  the  distances  of  hotels  from  the  Post-office,  that 
building  is  taken  as  the  center  of  the  city. 

For  location  of  hotels  see  Diagram  "  Principal  Thoroughfares 
No.  1." 

The  Grand  Hotel.  A  splendid  structure  on  Fourth  Street  and 
Central  Avenue,  with  entrance  on  both  streets.  Four  squares  from 
the  Post-office.  Contains  285  rooms.  Price,  $4  per  day.  Hours  for 
meals— breakfast,  6  till  11  A.  M.;  dinner,  1  till  4  P.  M.;  supper,  6 
till  12  P.M.  ' 

The  Grand  is  a  modern  hotel  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  It  is 
owned  by  a  joint-stock  company.  It  was  completed  in  1874,  at  a  cost 
of^nearly  one  million  of  dollars.  Its  exchange  is  said  by  all  travelers 
to  be  the  finest  of  any  hotel  in  the  United  States.  The  furniture 
and  appointments  are  of  the  very  best  character  throughout.  It  is 


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THE   GRAND    HOTEL. 


furnished  with  a  direct-acting  hydraulic  passenger  elevator,  the  shaft 
of  which  is  90  feet  in  length.  The  dining-room  is  a  splendid  apart- 
ment. There  is  besides  a  handsome  ordinary  and  private  dining-rooms. 

The  Burnet  House,  on  Third  and  Vine  Streets,  with  entrances 
on  both  streets.  Not  quite  a  square  from  the  Post-office.  Contains 
240  rooms.  Price,  $4  per  day.  Hours  for  meals— breakfast,  6  till  11 
A.  M. ;  dinner,  1  till  4  P.  M. ;  supper,  6  till  12  P.  M. 

The  Burnet  has  quite  an  interesting  history.  It  has  been  the 
principal  hotel  of  Cincinnati  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
When  it  was  erected,  by  a  joint-stock  company  in  1849,  it  was  con- 
sidered the  grandest  building  for  hotel  purposes  in  the  United  States, 
and  it  gained  an  almost  national  reputation  under  the  skillful  manage- 
ment of  its  first  landlord,  Mr.  A.  B.  Coleman. 

During  its  existence  it  has  sheltered  most,  if  not  all,  of  the  great 


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THE    BURNET    HOUSE. 


men  who  visited  Cincinnati  during  the  last  thirty-five  years.  From 
its  register  we  cull  just  a  few  signatures  embracing  the  names  of  Henry 
Clay,  Daniel  Webster,  Lewis  Cass,  James  Buchanan,  J.  C.  Brecken- 
ridge,  the  elder  Booth,  Stephen  A.  Douglass,  'Abraham  Lincoln, 
Salmon  P.  Chase,  Horace  Greeley;  and  John  Mitchel ;  while  of  modern 
heroes  and  heroines  its  pages* bear  testimony  to  the  presence  of  Louis 
Kossuth,  His  Royal  Highness  the  Prince  of  Wales  and  Lord  Lyons, 
Generals  Grant,  Sherman,  Burnside,  Sheridan,  Thomas,  Jeff.  Davis, 
George  Francis  Train,  and  a  host  of  other  warriors,  beside  heroes  of 
the  stage,  like  Edwin  Booth,  Forest,  Owens,  and  Fechter.  Jenny 
Lind's  rooms  still  bear  her  name,  and  the  signatures  of  Ristori,  Miss 
'Cushman,  Carlotta  and  Adelina  Patti,  Forms,  Grisi,  Mario,  Wachtel, 
Nilsson,  and  Gary,  comprise  but  a  few  of  the  many  renowned  persons 
who  have  made  the  Burnet  a  temporary  home. 

The  Gibson  House,  on  Walnut  Street.  One 'and  a  half  squares 
froni  the  Post-office.  Contains  300  rooms.  Price,  $4  per  day.  Hours 
for  meals— breakfast,  6  till  11}  A.  M.;  dinner,  12 J  till  4  P.  M.;  sup- 
per, 6  till  12  P.  M. 


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THE    GIBSON    HOUSE. 


The  Gibson  House  is  an  old  established  hotel,  and  has  lately  been 
newly  furnished  throughout.  It  possesses  many  fine  suits  of  rooms 
fronting  on  one  of  the  principal  streets  of  the  city.  Its  situation  is  all 
that  could  be  desired,  being  in  the  very  heart  of  the. city.  The  house 
has  gained  quite  an  enviable  reputation  for  good  management. 

The  St.  James  Hotel,  on  East  Fourth  Street,  between  Main 
*  and  Sycamore  Streets.  Two  and  a  half  squares  from  the  Post-office. 
Contains  150  rooms.  Price,  $2.50  per  day.  Hours  for  meals — break- 
fast from  6  till  10  A.  M. ;  dinner,  12-J  till  3  P.  M. ;  supper,  G  till 
10  P.  M. 


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ST.    JAMES    HOTEL. 

The  St.  James  is  handsomely  situated  on  the  principal  street  of 
the  city,  and  has  lately  been  remodeled  and  newly  furnished. 


ST.    NICHOLAS. 


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The  St.  Nicholas,  on 
Fourth  Street.  One  square 
from  the  Post-office.  Con- 
tains 25  rooms,  for  gentle- 
men only.  Conducted  on 
the  European  plan.  Price 
of  rooms  from  $2  to  $3  per 
day. 

The  St.  Nicholas  is  an  ex- 
tremely comfortable  house. 
Is  centrally  located,  and 
has  the  best  restaurant  in 
the  city  for  ladies  and  gen- 
tlemen. A  fine  picture,  the 
original  painting  of  Paul- 
ine Bonaparte,  by  Devonje, 
1811,  ornaments  the  gen- 
tlemen's dining-room,  an 
apartment  110  feet  in 
length. 

Keppler's  Hotel,  on 
Fourth  Street.  Three  and 
a  half  squares  from  the 
Post-office.  Contains  36 
rooms.  Conducted  on  the 
European  plan.  Price  of 
rooms  range  from  $1  to  $3  ' 
per  day. 

Keppler's,  although  a 
small  hotel,  is  kept  in  the 
best  manner.  There  is  i 


KEPPLER'S  HOTEL* 

(102  feet 


large  restaurant  (102  feet  in  length 
and  36  feet  wide)  for  ladies  and  gentlemen,  in  connection  with  the 
hotel. 

The  Walnut  Street  House,  on  Walnut,  between  Sixth 
and  Seventh  Streets.  Three  and  a  half  squares  from  the  Post- 
office.  Contains  125  rooms.  Price,  $2.5.0  per  day.  A  nicely  located 
hotel. 

The  Crawford  House,  corner  Sixth  and  Walnut  Streets. 
Three  squares  from  the  Post-office.  Contains  80  rooms.  Price,  $2.50 
per  day. 


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CKAWFOKD   HOUSE. 


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MERCHANTS  HOTEL. 


The  Merchants  Hotel,  on  Fifth  Street,  between  Main  and 
Sycamore  Streets.  Three  squares  from  the  Post-office.  Contains  100 
rooms.  Price,  $2.50  per  day. 


THE   GALT   HOUSE. 


The  G-alt  House,  on  Sixth  Street,  corner  of  Main  Street.    Four 
squares  from  the  Post-office.     Contains  158  rooms.     Price,  $2  per  day. 

3 


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HENKIE   HOUSE. 


The  Henrie  House,  on  Third  Street,  between  Main  and  Syca- 
more Streets.  Four  squares  from  the  Post-office.  Contains  127 
rooms.  Price,  $2  per  day. 

The  Carlisle  House,  corner  Sixth  and  Mound  Streets.  -  Nine 
squares  from  the  Post-office.  Contains  34  rooms.  Price  per  day  for 
rooms,  first  floor,  $2;  second  and  third  floor,  $1.50;  fourth  floor,  $1.00. 

The  Indiana  House,  on  Fifth  Street,  between  Eace  and  Elm 
Streets.  Two  and  a  half  squares  from  the  Post-office.  Contains  125 
rooms.  Price,  $1.50  per  day. 

The  Avenue  Hotel,  2|  miles  from  the  Post-office.  Contains 
30  rooms.  Price,  $2  per  day. 


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CARLISLE    HOUSE. 


The  Avenue  Hotel  is  on  the  line  of  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton,  and 
Dayton  Railroad,  and  is  intended  expressly  for  the  accommodation  of 
those'  having  business 


with  the  stock -yards, 
which  are  quite  con- 
venient. 

The  Madison 
House,  on  Main  Street, 
between  Front  and  Sec- 
ond Streets.  Five  squares 
from  the  Post-office.  Con- 
tains 110  rooms.  Price, 
$2  per  day. 

Hunt's  Hotel,  on 
Vine  Street.  Half  a 
square  from  the  Post- 
office.  Contains  90  rooms. 
Conducted  on  the  Euro- 
pean plan.  Price  of  rooms 
range  from  $1  to  $2  per 
day.  A  restaurant  in  connection  with  the  hotel  is  kept  open  all 
night. 

Broadway  Hotel,  on  Broadway,  corner  of  Second  Street.    Six 
squares   from  the 
Post  -  office.    Con- 
tains   150   rooms. 
Price,  $2  per  day. 

The  Broadway 
is  probably  the 
oldest  hotel  in  the 
city.  It  is  said 
that  at  this  house 
General  Lafayette, 
General  Jackson, 
and  Charles  Dick- 
ens w  e  r  e  enter- 
tained. The  house  is  now  of  rather  an  old  fashioned  character,  but 
is,  nevertheless,  to  this  day  patronized  by  some  of  those  who  were 
guests  at  this  house  more  than  twenty -five  years  ago. 


AVENUE    HOTEL. 


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MODES  OF  CONVEYANCE. 

THE  first  and  most  natural  action  of  a  stranger  upon  his  first  visit 
to  a  large  city  is  to  consult  a  map — just  as  he  scans  narrowly  the  face 
of  a  new  acquaintance.  The  reader  will  find  in  the  map  of  the 
city  and  its  suburbs  prepared  for  this  work  a  full  explanation  of 

_  the  topography  of  the  city. 

to.  But  the  diagram  entitled 
"Principal  Thoroughfares 
No.  1,?'  will  show  him  at  a 
glance  the  location  of  the 
principal  public  places, 
such  as  the  Bailroad  De- 
pots, Hotels,  Post  and 
Telegraph  offices,  etc. 

If  unincumbered  with 
baggage,  one  can  walk  in 
fifteen  minutes  from  either 
of  the  depots  or  the  Pub- 
lic Landing  to  the  Post- 
office  or  any  of  the  prin- 
cipal hotels. 

The  line  of  street-cars 
marked  Third  and  Fourth 
Streets  runs  direct  from 
the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton 
and  Dayton  Depot,  and  from  within  one  square  of  the  Ohio  and 
Mississippi  Depot,  and  from  within  half  a  square  of  the  Plum  Street 
Depot,  to  most  of  the  principal  hotels,  and  to  within  one  or  two 
squares  of  nearly  every  hotel  in  the  city. 

The  East  and  West  End  street-cars  run  from  the  Little  Miami 
Depot  to  within  a  square  or  two  of  the  principal  hotels. 

Omnibuses  run  from  all  of  the  depots  to  the  hotels.  Fare,  50  cents 
for  each  person. 

Hacks  can  be  hired  at  the  depots  or  public  landing  at  the  following 
rates ;  namely,  for  one  person  to  any  of  the  hotels,  $1 ;  two  persons, 
$1 ;  three  or  more  persons,  50  cents  each.  Large  baggage  extra.  In 
all  cases  in  hiring  a  public  hack  a  bargain  with  the  driver  should  be 
made  to  avoid  imposition. 


MADISON    HOUSE. 


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PLACES  OF  AMUSEMENT. 

Pike's  Opera-house,  on  Fourth  Street,  a  few  doors  from  the 
Post-office.  Stands  on  the  spot  where  the  original  Pike's  Opera- 
house  was  destroyed  by  fire  on  the  night  of  March  22,  1866.  The 
most  elegant  place  for  public  amusement  in  Cincinnati.  Built  by  the 
late  Samuel  N.  Pike,  of  whom  the  poet,  T.  Buchanan  Bead,  said : 

"Who  builds  a  noble  temple  unto  art 
And  rears  it  grandly  from  his  head  and  heart 
Hath  done  a  sacred  service,  and  his  name 
Shall  live  upon  the  golden  roll  of  fame." 

This  building,  which  externally  is  one  of  the  finest  architectural 
ornaments  on  the  principal  stre'et  of  the  city,  is  in  its  interior  adorn- 
ment the  most  beautiful  perhaps  in  the  United  States. 

The  stage  is  45  feet  deep  and  72  feet  wide.  The  proscenium  is 
remarkable  for  its  wealth  of  architectural  beauty  and  delicacy  of 
finish.  The  whole  house  is  elaborately  frescoed.  Marbling  is  used 
about  the  coves,  the  ceiling  and  paneling  large  and  small  every-where, 
and  in  the  magnificent  proscenium  with  wonderful  effect.  In  the  cove 
ceilings  are  six  tinted  medallion  cupids,  each  in  a  different  attitude, 
and  each  holding  a  musical  instrument.  These  are  separated  by 
panels,  in  which  are  drawn,  in  chiaroscuro,  a  harp  resting  upon  the 
backs  of  two  mythological  winged  animals,  whose  bodies  are  leonine 
and  faces  feminine. 

Over  the  center  of  the  balcony,  and  in  front  of  the  gallery,  is  a 
beautiful  painting  of  two  female  figures,  representing  music  and 
poetry.  The  most  gorgeous  display  *of  design  and  coloring  is,  how- 
ever, in  the  field  round  the  central  ventilating  rosette.  Circled  round 
this,  and  with  the  feet  converging  to  this  center,*  are  eight  colored 
symbolical  figures.  On  the  east,  next  to  the  stage,  in  a  six-sided 
frame  of  gold,  is  a  picture  of  tragedy,  in  dark  purple  drapery,  point- 
ing a  dagger  held  in  one  hand  to  a  mask  in  the  other.  On  her  right 
is  rollicking  comedy  in  gay  robes,  on  her  left  music  in  comely  gar- 
ments. On  the  right  of  the  field  is  poetry,  and  on  the  left  agriculture. 
On  the  west,  and  next  the  galleries,  is  sculpture,  to  her  right,  in  a 
golden  oval  frame,  is  painting;  on  the  left  of  sculpture,  in  another 
oval  is  architecture.  All  these  figures  are  in  plane  fields  of  pure 
cobalt  blue.  Those  placed  at  the  corners  of  the  field  are  in  oval 
frames ;  those  at  the  sides  in  six-sided  frames ;  and  between  these  the 
panels  take  a  variety  of  pleasing  shapes.  To  unite  this  central  field 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


to  the  coves  of  the  ceiling,  a  series  of  panels,  patterns,  and  medallion 
figures  are  used.  The  medallions  are  not  tinted.  They  represent  the 
heads  of  Shakespeare,  Homer,  Bellini,  Verdi,  Meyerbeer,  Paganini, 
Donizetti,  and  Mozart. 

A  Phoenix  surmounts  a  shield  on  the  double  pilaster,  which  is 
also  the  key  of  the  proscenium  arch ;  on  either  side  are  statues  of 
cupids,  and  beneath  their  feet  hang  golden  festoons  of  roses.  Below 
the  Phcenix,  and  on  the  shield,  is  a  medallion  of  pure  vermilion, 
beneath  a  scroll  with  an  emerald  set  in  its  center.  On  this  vermilion, 
in  a  monogram  of  gold,  are  the  initials,  S.  N.  P.,  the  builder. 

The  house  can  seat  about  2,000  people  comfortably.  Upon  the 
occasion  of  Miss  Christine  Nilsson's  first  appearing  in  opera  in  Cin- 
cinnati an  audience  of  over  3,300  were  assembled  at  Pike's. 


GRAND   OPERA-HOUSE. 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


Grand  Opera-house,  on  Vine  Street,  corner  of  Longworth 
Street.  Is  the  old  Mozart  Hall  remodeled  and  fitted  up  as  a  regular 
theater.  The  auditorium  is  on  the  ground-floor.  The  house  is  di- 
vided into  Parquet,  Circle,  Balcony,  and  Gallery,  and  has  six  pros- 
cenium boxes.  The  stage  is  large  and  roomy.  Nearly  2,000  persons 
can  be  seated  comfortably.  The  house  is  devoted  to  opera  and  the 
drama,  both  tragic  and  comic. 


WOOD  S   THEATER. 


"Wood's  Theater,  at  the  corner  of  Vine  and  Sixth  Streets.  Is 
an  old  established  place  of  amusement,  and  has  been  for  a  series  of 
years  managed  very  successfully.  Notwithstanding  that  its  location 
is  not  all  that  is  desirable,  it  attracts  fine  and  select  audiences.  It  is 
mainly  devoted  to  the  legitimate  drama,  and  occasional  minstrel  per- 
formances of  the  best  character.  It  is  divided  into  Parquet,  Parquet 
Circle,  Family  Circle,  and  Gallery,  and  is  kept  open  nearly  the 
whole  year. 

Robinson's  Opera-house,  on  Ninth  Street,  corner  of  Plum. 
A  new  house  with  all  the  modern  improvements.  Erected  in  1872,  by 


• 

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ROBINSON  S   OPERA-HOUSE. 


John  Robinson,  the  celebrated  Circus  Manager.  The  house  is  finely 
located  in  a  beautiful  part  of  the  city,  and  within  nine  squares  of 
the  Post-office.  The  auditorium  is  on  the  ground-floor.  An  extensive 
cellarage,  expressly  fitted  up  for  wintering  the  animals  of  the  circus, 
extends  under  the  whole  building.  The  house  is  divided  into  Parquet, 
Circle,  Balcony,  and  Gallery.  The  entertainments  consist  mainly  of 
German  opera  and  the  drama,  varied  by  an  occasional  concert. 

The  National  Theater,  on  Sycamore  Street,  between  Third  and 
Fourth  Streets,  has  seen  its  best  days,  and  is  only  used  for  variety 
shows  and  other  cheap  entertainments.  The  National  is  now,  in  con- 
sequence of  the  city's  growth,  remote  from  its  center,  and  hence  not  so 
easily  accessible  to  the  pleasure-seeking  community.  In  its  palmy 


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KENNY'S  ILL  USTJRA  TED  CINCINNA  TI. 


days  it  presented  on 
many  occasions  as  fine 
assemblies  as  any  of  the 
more  modern  houses. 
All  the  great  actors  and 
actresses  of  fame  who 
visited  Cincinnati  dur- 
ing the  last  quarter  of 
a  century  have  per- 
formed at  the  National. 
The  interior  ar- 
rangement of  the  house 
is  commodious  and  ele- 
gant. Its  auditorium  is 
on  the  ground-floor,  the 
stage  being  considered 
one  of  the  finest  in  the 
country,  particularly 
for  spectacular  enter- 
tainments. Nearly  2,500 
people  can  be  seated 
within  its  walls.  It  is 
divided  into  Parquet, 
Circle,  Family  Circle, 

NATIONAL   THEATER.  an(J    QaHgry.        The   last 

star  performance  entertainment  given  at  the  National  was  in  1871, 
under  the  management  of  Mr.  M'Cauley,  when  Edwin  Booth  appeared 
in  Shakespearean  drama. 


CITY  GOVERNMENT  AND  STATISTICS. 

The  City.— The  city  of  Cincinnati  stretches  along  the  Ohio  River 
for  10  miles  from  and  including  the  village  of  Columbia  on  the  east  to 
Riverside  on  the  south-west.  Its  average  width  is  3  miles.  Its  area 
is  24  square  miles  There  are  400  miles  of  streets,  more  than  one-half 
of  which  are  paved  or  macadamised.  The  main  business  portion  of  the 
city,  with  densest  population,  borders  on  the  river,  between  Deer  Creek 
on  the  east  and  Mill  Creek  on  the  west,  a  distance  of  2  J  miles.  Villages 
Annexed — The  numerous  villages  annexed  to  the  city  since  1868  re- 


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tain  their  former  names.  '  They  include  16  J  square  miles.  The  most 
important  of  them  are  Columbia,  Walnut  Hills,  Mount  Auburn,  and 
Cummins ville.  Inundation — Nearly  1,200  acres  of  city  land,  chiefly 
in  Mill  Creek  Valley,  are  subject  to  inundation  by  extreme  high  water ; 
but  many  acres  have  been  filled  above  high-water  mark  and  built 
upon,  and  further  improvement  is  in  rapid  progress.  Increase  of 
Population — The  increase  of  the  population  of  Cincinnati  has  been 
very  rapid.  In  1800  it  was  750;  in  1810,  2,540;  in  1820,  9,602;  in 
1830,  24,831;  in  1840,  46,338;  in  1850,  115,436;  in  1860,  161,044;  in 
1870,  216,239.  The  population  of  the  city  proper  in  1875  is  about 
250,000;  but  including.  Covington  with  its  36,000,  Newport  with  its 
16,000,  and  other  new  suburbs  established  since  the  census  of  1870,  the 
present  population  is  over  300,000.  Nativities — Of  the  population 
in  1870,  136,627  were  of  native  and  79,612  of  foreign  birth;  210,335 
white,  and  5,900  colored.  The  foreign  population  embraced  49,448 
Germans,  18,624  Irish,  3,526  English,  2,093  French,  995  Swiss,  787 
Scotch,  and  507  Welsh.  There  were  53,814  voters.  Number  of 
Dwelling's — The  city  contained  24,550  dwellings,  with  an  average 
of  8.81  persons  to  each ;  42,937  families,  with  an  average  of  5.04  in 
each.  Occupations — The  number  of  persons  engaged  in  indus- 
trial occupations  was  77,923,  of  whom  1,420  were  employed  in  agricul- 
ture, 25,666  in  professional  and  personal  services,  16,865  in  trade  and 
transportation,  and  33,972  in  manufactures.  The  Mercantile 
Quarter — The  chief  mercantile  quarter  covers  about  300  acres,  and 
lies  between  Fifth  Street  and  the  river  and  Broadway  and  Smith 
Streets.  Business  is  not  concentrated  as  in  most  other  cities.  Manu- 
factories are  scattered  through  all  parts  of  the  city  and  its  suburbs. 
The  Fine  Private  Residences — The  finer  residences  are  situated 
in  the  East  and  West  End,  extending  in  the  former  on  Pike,  West 
Fourth  Street  from  Pike  to  Broadway,  and  in  Broadway  between  Third 
and  Fifth  Streets;  and  in  the  latter  on  Fourth  Street  west  of  Smith, 
and  in  Dayton  and  Court  Streets  between  Freeman  and  Baymiller 
Streets.  Over  the  Rhine — The  large  district  north  of  the  Miami 
Canal  which  enters  the  city  from  the  north-west  and  extends  south  to 
Canal  Street,  thence  east  to  the  Ohio  River  is  known  as  "Over  the 
Rhine."  It  is  densely  populated,  almost  exclusively  by  Germans. 
Has  numerous  beer-gardens,  saloons,  and  concert-halls,  and  is  thor- 
oughly German  in  its  characteristics.  In  this  vicinity  are  all  of  the 
great  breweries  of  Cincinnati.  Railway  Traffic— There  are  four- 
teen railroads  terminating  at  Cincinnati,  and  over  them  pass  in  every 
twenty-four  hours  120  passenger  and  66  freight  trains.  The  eastern 


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and  western  depots  are  connected  by  a  track  through  the  city  for  re- 
stricted use  in  the  transfer  of  freight.  Telegraphic — Telegraphic 
communication  is  afforded  by  the  Western  Union  Company  with  40 
lines,  the  Pacific  and  Atlantic  with  6,  and  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
with  2.  Tliver  Packets — There  are  8  lines  of  regular  river  packets 
running  between  Cincinnati  and  various  points  on  the  Ohio,  Cumber- 
land, Mississippi,  Arkansas,  White,  and  Red  Rivers.  Omnibuses — 
There  are  14  lines  of  omnibuses  and  stages,  running  from  5  to  30  miles 
in  the  country.  Street  Railways — There  are  14  lines  of  street 
railroad,  with  45  miles  of  track,  traversing  the  city  in  various 
directions,  employing  550  men,  1,000  horses,  and  160  street-cars. 


THE    CITY    BUILDINGS. 


The  City  Buildings — The  official  center  of  the  city,  in  which  is 
the  Council  Chamber,  Police  Court,  and  all  of  the  City  Offices — are  of 
brick,  and  stand  in  the  City  Park,  which  includes  about  1}  acre  of 
ground,  and  in  which  is  an  ornamental  fountain.  The  buildings  were 
erected  in  1853,  and  are  205  feet  in  length  by  52  feet  in  width.  The 
ground,  including  the  Park,  cost  $60,000 ;  the  buildings  about  $27,000. 
City  Executive  —  The  government  of  Cincinnati  is  vested  in 
a  Mayor  elected  for  two  years,  with  a  salary  of  $4,000,  a  board  of 
25  Aldermen,  one  for  each  Ward,  and  a  board  of  Councilmen  of  two 
for  each  Ward.  The  Courts — The-  Courts  are  Common  Pleas,  of  5 
judges;  Superior,  with  civil  jurisdiction  in  city  cases,  of  3  judges; 
Probate,  of  1  judge;  Police  Court,  1  judge;  10  Magistrates'  Courts, 
and  a  District  Court,  with  a  State  Supreme  Judge.  The  United  States 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  45 


Circuit  and  District  Courts  for  the  Southern  District  of  Ohio  are  held 
in  Cincinnati.  The  Police — The  Police  are  under  the  control  of  the 
Mayor,  and  their  number  is  limited  to  12  Captains,  20  other  officers, 
and  300  patrolmen.  The  city  is  divided  into  10  Police  Districts,  each 
with  a  station-house.  The  police  telegraph  has  20  miles  of  wire. 
Water  Supply — Water  is  obtained  from  the  Ohio  Eiver.  The 
Water  Works,  on  East  Front  Street,  are  of  great  magnitude.  There 
are  four  powerful  pumping  engines,  with  an  average  daily  capacity  of 
19,000,000  gallons.  The  reservoir  contains  4,500,000  gallons,  and  the 
average  daily  consumption  of  the  city  is  about  17,000,000.  The  new 
reservoirs  just  constructed  in  Eden  Park  have  a  capacity  of  100,000,000 
gallons  each.  On  the  1st  of  January,  1874,  there  were  145J  miles  of 
distributing  and  supply  pipes;  77  hydraulic  elevators  were  in  use,  be- 
sides 132  water  meters.  The  number  of  hydrants  in  use  was  20,058. 
The  number  of  steam-engine*  supplied  with  water  was  682.  The  value 
of  the  entire  works  is  $4,247,557.  Sewers— Up  to  1873  about  30  miles 
of  sewers  had  been  built,  some  of  which  were  14  feet  in  diameter. 
Gas — The  city  is  lighted  with  5,290  public  lamps,  connected  by  170 
miles  of  mains  and  supply  pipes.  There  are  16,000  consumers.  The 
Gas  Company  is  a  private  corporation,  whose  franchises  and  works  are 
of  the  value  of  $6,000,000.  The  City  Finances— The  following 
exhibit  shows  the  rate  of  taxation  and  the  amount  appropriated  for 
each  department,  as  taken  from  the  books  of  the  City  Auditor : 

General  Fund * 2.98  mills $542,211  22 

Watch  Fund. 1.80      '*    327,510  13 

Interest  Fund 4.70      "    855,165  34 

Superior  Court  Fund 10     "    18,195  00 

Fire  Department  Fund 1.30      "    236,535  09 

Light  Fund 1.45      "    263,82760 

63,682  52 


Work  House'  Fund 35 

Sanitary  Fund 25 

Park  Fund 20 

Sewerage  Fund 70 

Street  Cleaning  Fund 70 

Sinking  Fund 25 

Hospital  Fund... ; 40 

Infirmary  Fund 40 

House  of  Refuge  Fund 15 

Sinking  Fund  for  Public  Buildings    .25 


45,48751 
36,390  01 
127,365  04 
127,36504 
45,487  58 
72,780  02 
72,780  02 
27,292  51 
45,487  51 


Total 16.00  mills. 

The  grand  duplicate,  upon  which  the  above  tax  was  levied,  has  been 
but  slightly  changed  for  the  last  three  years,  as  may  be  seen : 

1874— Grand  Duplicate,  Cincinnati $181,950,074  00 

1873— Grand  Duplicate,  Cincinnati 180,926,390  00 

1872— Grand  Duplicate,  Cincinnati 175,084,296  00 


46  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED   CINCINNATI. 


The  rate  of  taxation  is  16  mills  to  the  dollar.  The  amount  of  the  bonded 
indebtedness  in  the  beginning  of  the  year  1875  was  $9,593,500,  but  this 
does  not  include  an  issue  of  bonds  for  $10,000,000  specially  allotted  to 
the  construction  of  the  Southern  Kailroad.  Licenses — There  are 
29  pawnbrokers,  4,983  dogs,  1,749  peddlers  and  hucksters,  1,996  express 
wagons,  drays,  omnibuses,  hacks,  and  furniture  cars.  There  are  12 
places  at  which  gunpowder  is  sold,  and  2  ferries.  In  1874  the  money 
received  at  the  Mayor's  Office  for  these  several  licenses  amounted  to 
$27,888.02.  Paupers — There  were  1,204  paupers,  tramps,  and  va- 
grants sent  out  of  the  city  by  rail  or  river,  at  a  cost  of  $3,315.16. 


THE  GREAT  PUBLIC  CHARITIES. 


THE   CINCINNATI    HOSPITAL. 


The  Cincinnati  Hospital,  occupying  the  square  bounded  by 
Twelfth  Street,  Central  Avenue,  Ann,  and  Plum  Streets.  Has  an 
unpaid  medical  staff  of  14,  6  resident  undergraduates,  and  68  other 
employes.  In  1874,  3,212  patients  were  treated,  of  whom  371  paid  for 
treatment.  The  daily  average  of  patients  was  267.  The  cost  of  main- 
tenance was  $85,589.48.  From  paying  patients  was  received  $10,1 48.86. 
The  rate  of  mortality  was  6.5,  or  1  in  15.5.  The  library  has  2,300 
volumes,  and  68  journals,  American  and  foreign,  are  received. 

This  institution  completely  fulfills  all  the  conditions  of  a  general 
hospital  to  a  large  city.  It  is  emphatically  a  city  hospital,  accessible 
to  all  on  accommodating  terms.  Strangers  or  other  persons  of  means 
overtaken  by  illness,  and  wishing  to  avail  themselves  of  the  best 
appointments  for  proper  care,  can  here  find  refuge  without  the  sacri- 
fice of  any  of  their  liberties.  They  can  not  only  obtain  appropriate 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  47 


private  rooms  and  trained  nurses,  but  they  can  choose  their  own  med- 
ical attendants  without  being  restricted  to  the  medical  staff  of  the 
hospital. 

The  structure  consists  of  eight  distinct  buildings  placed  en  echelon 
and  connected  by  corridors,  surrounding  an  extensive  center  yard 
or  court. 

The  central  portion  and  main  entrance  are  situated  on  Twelfth 
Street,  midway  between  Central  Avenue  and  Plum  Street,  and  is 
termed  the  Administrative  Department.  This  contains  offices,  library, 
superintendent's  and  officers'  apartments,  kitchen,  and  dining-rooms. 
On  the  upper  floor  is  the  amphitheater,  with  seats  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  600  students. 

There  are  six  pavilions,  three  stories  in  height.  Three  of  the 
pavilions  are  on  the  eastern  or  Plum  Street  side,  and  three  on  the 
western  or  Central  Avenue  side.  Each  pavilion  contains  three  wards, 
one  on  each  floor,  of  which  those  in  the  central  pavilions  contain 
thirty-six  beds  each,  and  the  rest  twenty-four  each,  allowing  1,800 
cubic  feet  of  space  in  the  wards  to  each  bed.  The  central  pavilions 
contain  also  six  private  rooms  each. 

The  wards  of  the  hospital  are  divided  into  surgical,  medical, 
obstetrical,  opthalmological,  and  pathological;  and  in  attendance 
upon  them  are  four  surgeons,  four  physicians,  two  obstetricians,  two 
opthalmologists,  and  two  pathologists.  One-half  of  this  number  are 
on  duty  at  the  same  time,  and  alternate  every  four  months. 

Clinical  lectures  are  delivered  in  the  amphitheater  two  hours  each 
working  day,  commencing  in  October  and  ending  with  February.  All 
medical  students  are  entitled  to  admission  to  the  clinical  lectures  by 
the  payment  of  a  fee  of  five  dollars.  The  fund  thus  created  is  applied 
to  the  purchase  of  books,  instruments,  and  the  enlargement  of  the 
cabinet. 

In  aid  of  the  staff,  six  undergraduates  are  selected,  after  a  competi- 
tive examination,  whose  designations  are  "  Clinical  Clerks."  Entering 
upon  duty,  they  are  distributed  to  different  wards,  where  they  remain 
two  months,  and  then  exchange  places,  so  that  each  one  during  the 
year  has  an  opportunity  of  witnessing  the  practice  of  the  entire  hospi- 
tal. They  accompany  the  staff  in  their  daily  visits  to  the  sick, 
receive  their  orders,  keep  a  record  of  the  cases  and  their  treatment, 
report  all  violations  of  medical  discipline,  and  have  a  general  super- 
vision over  their  respective  wards. 

For  the  accommodation  of  persons  visiting  Cincinnati  in  search  of 
medical  or  surgical  aid,  and  those  who  may  not  receive  necessary 


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attention  in  hotels  and  boarding-houses,  a  pay-department  has  "been 
established,  consisting  of  thirty  rooms,  all  comfortably  and  neatly 
furnished. 

Every  part  of  the  hospital  is  in  direct  telegraphic  communication 
with  the  superintendent's  apartment  in  the  central  building,  the  police 
stations,  City  Buildings,  and  the  branch  hospital  for  contagious 
diseases  on  Vine  Street  Hill. 

The  hospital  is  managed  by  a  Board  of  Trustees,  seven  in  number. 
Two  are  appointed  by  the  Superior  Court,  two  by  the  Common  Pleas 
Court,  and  one  by  the  Governor  of  the  State.  The  Mayor  of  Cincin- 
nati and  a  Director  of  the  City  Infirmary,  senior  in  office,  are  ex-officio 
members  of  the  Board. 

The  hospital  is  supported  by  a  tax,  annually  levied  by  the  City 
Council  upon  the  whole  taxable  property  of  the  city.  The  law  of 
the  State  authorizes  the  levy  of  the  half  of  one  mill,  but  the  City 
Council  has  never  allowed  more  than  four-tenths.  Hence  the  institu- 
tion is  In  debt.  There  are  altogether  1,500  beds  for  patients. 


THE  GOOD   SAMARITAN   HOSPITAL. 


The  Good  Samaritan  Hospital  is  managed  entirely  by  Sis- 
ters of  Charity  of  the  Orders  founded  in  France  in  1617  by  St.  Vincent 
de  Paul  and  Madame  Le  Grass.  It  is  a  fine,  large,  red  brick  building, 
standing  upon  the  summit  of  a  grassy  hill,  at  the  corner  of  Sixth  and 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  49 


Lock  Streets.  It  is  three  stories  high.  On  the  ground-floor  to  the 
right  is  the  reception  room,  next  to  it  the  chapel ;  on  the  left,  hand- 
some apartments  for  wealthy  patients,  and  further  on  wards,  the  pas- 
sage between  leading  to  a  yard  and  several  out-buildings,  among  which 
is  one  used  for  the  care  of  sick  colored  persons.  On  the  second  floor  is 
the  room  of  the  resident  physicians,  three  in  number,  appointed  an- 
nually by  the  medical  staff  of  the  house.  Adjoining  this  is  a  drug- 
room,  where  one  of  the  Sisters,  a  very  skillful  chemist,  fills  the 
prescriptions.  There  are  eight  visiting  physicians,  and  among  them 
the  ablest  men  in  the  city.  On  this  floor  also  there  are  one  or  two  rooms 
for  patients  able  to  pay,  and  some  large  wards.  On  the  third  floor 
there  are  again  rooms  for  private  patients  and  wards  for  the  sick.  No 
distinction  whatever  is  made  on  account  pf  creed.  This  hospital  is 
selected  for  the  sick  marines,  for  whose  care  the  Government  pays  but 
70  cents  a  day.  There  is  room  for  300  beds,  but  by  placing  mattresses 
upon  the  floor  in  an  emergency  more  than  330  have  been  tended. 
The  whole  service  is  performed  by  twenty-two  Sisters.  Connected 
with  the  Good  Samaritan  there  is  a  Foundling  Asylum  in  charge  of 
the  Sisterhood. 

St.  Mary's  Hospital,  on  Betts  Street,  not  far  from  Freeman,  is 
a  fine  building,  both  in  the  interior  and  exterior.  Its  chapel  and 
many  of  its  rooms  have  recently  been  finished,  and  it  has  now  accom- 
modation sufficient  for  300  sick,  including  private  rooms  for  15  pay- 
patients.  It  is  managed  by  the  Sisters  of  the  Poor  of  St.  Francis,  and 
the  foundations  of  the  Cincinnati  branch  were  laid  six  years  ago. 
There  is  an  excellent  dispensatory,  and  five  of  our  leading  professional 
men  are  its  visiting  physicians.  There  are  twenty-five  Sisters  and 
four  novices  resident  at  the  St.  Mary. 

The  Jewish.  Hospital,  at  the  corner  of  Third  and  Banm 
Streets,  was  founded  in  1847,  on  leased  property  in  Central  Avenue. 
After  a  temporary  abode  in  Betts  Street  it  was  moved,  in  1863,  to  its 
present  site.  Its  cost  was  $40,000.  It  contains  rooms  for  the  steward, 
for  the  visiting  physician,  who  attends  daily,  and  for  the  officers  and 
directors.  On  the  second  floor  there  are  6  rooms  and  a  ward  for 
male,  and  on  the  third  similar  accommodation  for  female,  patients. 
Altogether  there  are  24  beds. 

Longview  Asylum  for  the  insane,  situated  at  Carthage  (10 
miles  from  the  city).  It  had,  in  1874,  785  patients  under  treatment, 
with  a  daily  average  of  582,  all  whom  except  9  were  treated  without 
charge.  A  principal  and  two  assistant  physicians  and  53  nurses  are 
employed.  The  expenses  annually  exceed  $100,000.  It  is  said  to  be 

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the  best  finished  and  best  appointed  asylum  in  the  United  States.  Its 
grounds  are  laid  out  in  beautiful  lawns,  walks,  and  parks,  with  green- 
houses. There  are  no  bars  to  the  windows,  and  every  thing  prison- 
like  is  avoided.  The  asylum  is  supported  by  Hamilton  County.  The 
edifice  is  built  of  brick,  and  is  612  feet  long.  It  is  almost  fire-proof. 
The  stairways  are  of  iron,  and  the  floors  are  laid  in  cement.  The 
upper  stories  of  the  wings  are  devoted  mostly  to  convalescents,  and 
contain  the  amusement  and  reading  rooms,  which  are  well  furnished. 
The  building  is  lighted  by  gas  manufactured  on  the  premises,  and  is 


LONGVIEW   ASYLUM. 


heated  partly  by  hot  air  and  partly  by  steam.  There  are  over  600 
separate  apartments  in  the  building.  It  was  completed  in  1860,  at  a 
cost  of  nearly  half  a  million  of  dollars. 

The  City  Infirmary  is  a  municipal  institution  affording  relief 
to  both  in-door  and  out-door  paupers.  The  buildings,  which  are  spa- 
cious and  extensive,  are  located  on  the  Carthage  road,  8  miles  north  of 
the  city.  They  are  situated  on  a  farm  belonging  to  the  institution, 
which  contains  160  acres  of  beautifully  rolling  land.  The  position 
commands  a  fine  view  of  the  surrounding  country.  During  the  year 
ending  1873  large  additions  were  made  to  the  buildings,  and  there  are 
now  a  larger  number  of  inmates  than  were  ever  before  gathered  with- 
in its  walls.  Its  disbursements  for  1874  amounted  to  $128,949.22, 
of  which  amount  $20,579.57  were  for  the  outdoor  poor.  During  the 
year  330  patients  were  admitted,  and  the  cost  of  supporting  each  was 
22  cents  per  day.  Lodgings  and  meals  had  been  supplied  to  616 
"  tramps,"  or  men  on  the  road.  746  patients  received  medical  treat- 
ment during  the  year.  In  the  City  Infirmary  School  there  were  30 
pupils  on  the  1st  of  January,  1874.  During  the  year  the  farm  and 
garden  produced  $12,403.28.  The  inmates  manufactured  during  the 
year  5,003  pieces  of  clothing. 


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51 


The  House  of  Refuge,  situated  in  Mill  Creek  Valley.  The 
buildings  are  of  blue  limestone,  with  windows,  cornices,  cases,  and 
portico  of  white  Dayton  stone.  The  style  of  architecture,  Grecian. 
The  grounds  contain  nearly  10  acres,  one-half  of  which  is  inclosed  by 
a  stone  wall  20  feet  high. 


THE   HOUSE   OF   REFUGE. 

•  The  main  building  and  wings  have  a  front  227  feet,  and  4  stories 
high,  with  towers  at  the  extremities  which  are  5  stories  high. 

The  object  of  the  institution  is  the  reformation  of  depraved  and 
unmanageable  children  under  16  who  are  convicted  of  minor  offenses. 
In  1874,  had  461  inmates.  It  is  supported  by  the  city,  and  managed 
by  a  board  of  directors,  at  an  annual  cost  of  about  $50,000. 

Of  the  461  admitted  in  1874,  there  were  373  boys  and  88  girls. 

Their  mental  and  moral  training  is  of  the  best  character,  and  a 
large  number  learn  to  excel  in  mechanical  employments.  This  labor, 
besides  its  reformatory  influence,  is  a  source  of  considerable  income. 
Many  leave  this  institution  to  rise  rapidly  in  the  social  scale  and  take 
their  places  as  useful  members  of  society. 

The  City  Work-house,  of  Cincinnati,  is  situated  on  the  Cole- 
rain  turnpike,  one-third  of  a  mile  east  of  Mill  Creek,  and  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  city. 

The  buildings  present  a  beautiful  and  imposing  appearance,  hav- 
ing a  frontage  of  510  feet. 

In  the  south  or  main  wing  of  the  structure  are  contained  360  cells 
for  male  prisoners;  all  are  built  in  one  single  block  of  six  tiers,  with 
3,  hall  or  passage-way  around  the  same,  224  feet  long  and  16  feet  wide. 


52  KENNY'S  ILL  USTRA  TED  CINCINNA  TI. 


The  north  wing  (female  department)  contains  240  cells,  built  on 
one  solid  block,  and  a  hall  or  passage-way  extending  around  the 
same,  162  feet  in  length  and  16  feet  in  width. 

Immediately  in  the  rear  and  center  of  the  main  structure  are  the 
domestic  departments;  first,  the  prisoners'  kitchen,  where  the  food  for 
all  prisoners  is  prepared,  and  at  the  proper  hours  passed,  by  means  of 
endless  belts,  to  the  prisoners  on  their  entrance  to  the  prisons,  the 
food  having  been  already  divided  into  proper  rations;  the  labor  in 
this  department  being  performed  by  female  prisoners  under  the  super- 
vision of  a  guard. 

East  and  in  the  rear  of  the  domestic  apartments  is  the  chapel,  a 
beautiful  hall,  65  by  68  feet,  30  feet  in  height,  and  capable  of  seating 
five  hundred  to  six  hundred  persons. 


CITY  WORK-HOUSE. 


During  the  year  1873,  a  large  and  commodious  workshop,  200  feet 
long  by  60  feet  wide,  has  been  added  to  the  improvements,  affording 
ample  room  for  the  employment  of  any  number  of  prisoners,  equal  to 
the  capacity  of  the  prison. 

Commencing  at  the  extreme  end  of  the  north  wing  of  main  build- 
ings and  running  due  east  600  feet,  then  south  505  feet,  then  due  west 
600  feet  to  the  south  end  of  main  building,  is  a  solid  stone  wall,  15  feet 
in  height,  and  inclosing  the  entire  back  part  of  main  structure,  as  well 
as  all  out-buildings — the  entrance  to  which  is  made  through  three 
large  portals  or  gateways. 

The  Work-house  receives  adult  criminals  convicted  of  minor  of- 
fenses. It  is  managed  by  an  unpaid  board  appointed  by  the  mayor 
and  council.  In  1874  there  were  4,175  prisoners  committed.  The  av- 
erage number  of  prisoners  in  the  institution  each  day  during  the  year 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  53 


was  436.  The  average  cost  of.  prisoners  each  day  per  capita  for  1874 
was  40  cents.  About  one-fourth  of  them  were  females. 

Since  the  opening  of  the  Work-house,  November  17,  1869,  there 
have  been  committed  18,072  prisoners.  The  total  number  discharged 
for  the  same  time,  17,651.  The  expenses  for  1874  was  $75,322.78. 
The  services  of  prisoners  let  to  contractors  yielded  $16,287.68. 

The  Cincinnati  Orphan  Asylum,  a  spacious  brick  edifice 
three  stories  high,  with  basement  and  tower,  situated  at  Mount  Auburn. 
The  location  is  a  delightful  one,  comprising  ample  grounds,  and  com- 
manding an  extensive  view  of  the  city,  the  Ohio  River,  and  the  distant 
hills.  One  of  the  earliest  organized  charities  in  the  State  of  Ohio. 
For  many  years  it  was  the  only  Protestant  institution  in  the  city 
which  offered  relief  and  shelter  to  those  of  tender  years.  A  duly  ap- 
pointed committee  exercise  discretion  in  regard  to  the  admission  of 
children.  A  binding  committee  superintend  the  placing  of  children 
in  homes.  No  child  is  to  be  placed  with  any  one  who  keeps  a  hotel, 
tavern,  or  coffee-house,  nor  -with  any  one  who  does  not  regularly  attend 
religious  worship.  No  child^can  be  taken  out  of  the  asylum  until  it 
has  remained  there  at  least  one  year,  so  that  vicious  habits  may  be 
corrected  before  they  mingle  with  society.  The  strictest  scrutiny  is 
made  into  the  character  of  individuals  who  apply  for  children.  Stipu- 
lations are  made  as  to  the  amount  of  education  they  shall  receive. 
When  a  child  leaves  the  institution  a  manager  is  appointed  as  its 
guardian,  to  whom,  in  case  of  grievance,  it  may  apply  for  redress  and 
look  for  protection.  There  are  now  102  inmates.  This  asylum  is 
maintained  by  private  charity. 

The  G-erman  Protestant  Orphan  Asylum  is  situated  on 
Highland  Avenue,  Mount  Auburn.  The  building  is  quite  extensive 
and  three  stories  in  height,  the  basement  being  six  feet  above  the 
ground.  Children  of  members  of  the  Association  are  admitted  though 
they  may  have  lost  but  one  parent ;  in  other  cases  only  those  who  have 
lost  both.  The  children  are  placed  in  families  who  obligate  themselves 
to  retain  them  until  they  become  of  age,  at  which  time  the  boys  are  to 
receive  $200  and  the  girls  $100  in  cash.  Co-operating  with  the  insti- 
tution is  the  Ladies'  Protestant  Orphan  Association,  that  furnishes  all 
the  clothing  for  the  children.  The  number  of  orphans  at  present  in 
the  asylum  is  92,  of  whom  47  are  females. 

Roman  Catholic  Orphan  Asylums.  Tn  both  the  leading 
Orphan  Asylums,  both  that  at  Cumminsville  and  that  on  the  Heading 
Road,  the  children  are  taught  agricultural  pursuits  and  the  easier 
trades  as  soon  as  their  years  will  admit.  The  situation  of  that  upon 


54  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED   CINCINNATI. 


the  Heading  Road  is  most  admirable.  Built  of  substantial  brick,  it 
stands  in  the  midst  of  meadow  and  arable  land  of  excellent  quality, 
very  much  of  which  has  been  cultivated  to  garden-like  perfection. 
After  a  year  or  two  the  children,  as  a  rule,  grow  strong  and  well 
developed. 

The  Colored  Orphan  Asylum.  The  colored  people  sustain  an 
asylum  at  Avondale.  It  is  capable  of  accommodating  about  50  inmates. 

The  Boys'  Protectory,  at  Delhi,  just  on  the  margin  of  the  city 
limits,  is  a  home  for  the  maintenance  and  education  of  destitute  boys 
from  5  years  of  age  to  17.  The  youths  are  also  taught  shoemaking, 
carpentering,  and  tailoring.  There  are  now  110  of  these  boys  in  the 
institution.  It  is  under  the  charge  of  the  Brotherhood  of  St.  Francis, 
fifteen  of  whom,  and  ten  postulants,  are  now  resident.  The  city  office 
is  at  the  corner  of  Third  and  Plum  Streets. 

The  Cincinnati  Union  Bethel,  situated  on  the  Puolic  Land- 
ing, east  of  Sycamore  Street.  Established  Jan.  27,  1839.  It  owes  its 
existence  to  the  efforts  of  the  Western  Seamen's  Friend  Society,  under 
whose  control  it  was  until  1856,  when  it  became  an  independent  insti- 
tution, incorporated  in  the  general  law  of  the  State  of  Ohio. 

The  object  and  organization  of  the  Bethel  are  presented  in  the  fol- 
lowing extracts  from  the  Constitution : 

"  This  Association  shall  be  known  as  the  Cincinnati  Union  Bethel. 

"The  object  shall  be  to  provide  for  the  spiritual  and  temporal 
welfare  of  river  men  and  their  families,  and  all  others  who  may  be 
unreached  by  regular  Church  organizations;  to  gather  in  and,  furnish 
religious  instruction  and  material  aid  to  the  poor  and  neglected  chil- 
dren of  Cincinnati  and  vicinity,  and  to  make  such  provisions  as  may 
be  deemed  best  for  their  social  elevation ;  also,  to  provide  homes  and 
employment  for  the  destitute. 

"Any  person  paying  into  the  treasury  of  the  corporation  the  sum 
of  ten  dollars  shall  be  a  member  for  one  year,  and  of  fifty  dollars,  a 
member  for  life." 

From  the  Tenth  Annual  Report,  for  the  year  ending  March  31, 
1875,  we  quote: 

"At  the  commencement  of  our  fiscal  year,  last  April,  our  circum- 
'stances  and  surroundings  were  peculiarly  embarrassing,  and  our 
anxiety  for  the  future  of  the  institution  was  correspondingly  great. 
The  directors  had  succeeded,  with  the  help  of  many  valued  friends,  in 
purchasing  real  estate  and  in  the  erection  of  buildings  suited  to  the 
various  departments  of  the  great  work  committed  to  them  by  the 
Divine  Providence;  but  they  found  themselves  largely  in  debt;  on  the 


KENNY'S  ILL  US  TRA  TED  CINCINNA  TI.  55 


THE   CINCINNATI    UNION    BETHEL. 


56  KENNY9  3  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


buildings  they  owed  fifteen  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  and  on 
current  expense  account  about  twenty-five  hundred  dollars.  They 
had  a  large  building  on  their  hands,  with  no  furniture  for  even  a 
single  room,  no  provision  for  heating — nothing  but  the  empty  house 
and  faith  in  the  work  and  in  God.  They  had  no  income  save  what 
might  be  gathered  up  from  subscriptions;  and  with  the  dullness  in 
business  and  the  closeness  of  the  money  market,  the  outlook  was  de- 
cidedly gloomy  and  disheartening.  But  just  in  the  nick  of  time,  and 
in  our  extremity,  the  Lord  came  to  our  relief  and  sent  us  a  generous 
friend, 'Mr.  David  Sinton,  who  laid  upon  the  altar  of  benevolence  the 
princely  gift  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  to  be  used  as  an  endow- 
ment fund  forever." 

The  Bethel  work  at  this  time  embraces  the  following  departments : 
The  River  Mission,  among  boatmen,  etc.;  Systematic  Visitation  of 
Families;  the  Bethel  Church;  the  Bethel  School;  the  Relief  De- 
partment; the  Sewing  School;  the  Free  Reading  and  Cheap  Dining 
Hall;  the  Newsboys'  Home. 

The  Relief  Department  is  carried  on  under  the  special  direction  of 
the  Ladies'  Union  Bethel  Aid  Society.  10,200  lodgings  and  8,700 
meals  have  been  given  to  destitute  persons  during  the  year  free  of 
charge;  also,  1,825  loaves  of  bread  to  poor  families. 

Religious  services  are  held  regularly  each  Sabbath  morning  and 
evening,  and  each  Wednesday  evening  a  social  prayer-meeting. 

The  Newsboys'  Home  is  managed  in  connection  with  the 
Bethel.  The  Home  is  intended  for  homeless  newsboys  and  bootblacks, 
and  most  of  the  boys  of  this  class  avail  themselves  of  its  advantages. 
Meals  are  furnished  to  all  newsboys  and  bootblacks  at  ten  cents  each, 
while  the  boys  of  the  Home  have  the  privileges  of  the  bath-rooms, 
and  are  not  charged  for  their  lodgings. 

The  Home  of  the  Friendless,  located  on  Court  Street,  be- 
tween Central  Avenue  and  John.  The  home  is  a  handsome  structure 
of  brick,  with  stone  trimmings,  54  feet  front  and  4  stories  high.  The 
internal  arrangements  are  complete.  There  is  a  roomy  chapel,  dor- 
mitories, and  all  needful  accommodations  for  150  inmates.  In  1874 
the  home  received  408  inmates,  57  being  infants. 

This  praiseworthy  charity,  the  object  of  which  is  the  reclamation 
of  abandoned  females,  is  under  the  direction  and  management  of  ladies 
connected  with  the  dhTerent  Protestant  Churches  of  the  city.  The 
board  of  managers  includes  benevolent  women  who  move  in  the  highest 
circles.  An  act  of  incorporation  was  obtained  in  1860.  The  Consti- 
tution provides  as  follows: 


KENNY'S  ILL  USTJiA  TED  CINCINNA  Tl.  57 


"  This  Society  shall  be  called  *  The  Protestant  Home  for  the  Friend- 
less and  Female  Guardian  Society.' 

"  The  object  of  this  Society  shall  be  to  seek  out  and  provide  a  home 
for  destitute  females  who,  having  forsaken  the  path  of  virtue,  or  hav- 
ing fallen  into  the  hands  of  the  betrayer,  desire  to  return  from  their 
evil  way,  and  again  become  respectable  members  of  society.  And  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Society  to  guard  virtuous  females  (who  may 
seek  temporary  protection  in  the  Home)  from  the  snares  of  vice,  by 
aiding  them  in  every  laudable  way  to  obtain  an  honest  livelihood  and 
avoid  temptation.  It  shall  be  its  duty  also  to  provide  temporarily  for 
destitute  children,  and  whenever  practicable,  to  secure  for  them  per- 
manent homes  in  respectable  families. 

"The  affairs  of  the  Society  shall  be  controlled  by  fifteen  managers, 
to  be  elected,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  represent  the  various  Protestant 
denominations. 

"Any  person  paying  the  sum  of  from  three  dollars  to  five  dollars 
yearly  subscription  shall  be  entitled  to  a  membership  in  this  institu- 
tion; and  each  donor  of  twenty  dollars  at  any  one  time  shall  be  a 
member  for  life." 

The  work  of  these  noble  women  who  are  thus,  through  this  institu- 
tion, bringing  so  many  each  year  from  loathsome  to  virtuous  lives,  is 
a  glorious  one.  Many  who  enter  the  walls  of  the  Home  to  attempt 
reformation  become  good  women,  and  finally  useful  members  of 
society. 

The  Sisters  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  an  order  whose  principal 
Western  convent  is  upon  Bank  Street  near  Freeman,  was  founded  in 
France,  in  1652,  by  Father  Eucles.  It  is  represented  in  Cincinnati  by  the 
Bank-street  Convent,  opened  in  1857,  and  now  the  home  of  56  cloistered 
and  10  non-cloistered  nuns;  of  some  few  penitent  women;  of  45  sister 
magdalens — that  is,  women  believed  to  be  redeemed  and  who  have  al- 
ready taken  the  vows  in  perpetuity ;  and  of  75  orphan  girls  brought  in 
from  the  streets  and,  until  the  age  of  eighteen,  taught  sewing,  washing, 
embroidery,  and  all  other  household  work,  in  addition  to  reading,  writ- 
ing, and  ciphering.  The  order  is  very  strict,  the  cloistered  nuns  never 
leaving  their  convent  after  their  vows  are  once  taken,  and  even  speak- 
ing to  visitors  through  a  lattice.  The  cost  of  their  maintenance  is  al- 
most entirely  derived  from  their  own  labors  and  the  fruits  of  the 
handiwork  their  proteges  may  prepare.  Offshoots  of  the  parent  Bank- 
street  stock  have  been  established  in  Baurn  Street,  with  12  Sisters,  and 
another  in  Newport,  Ky.,  with  8,  under  the  title  of  the  Industrial 
School. 


58  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


The  House  of  the  Guardian  Angel  is  a  branch  of  the  Con- 
vent of  the  Good  Shepherd.  It  boards  about  60  girls,  and  teaches 
them  trades;  also  affords  temporary  protection. 

The  Cincinnati  Relief  Union  is  supported  entirely  by  volun- 
tary contributions.  It  has  a  Finance  Court  of  7,  and  a  Board  of  Man- 
agers, or  distributors,  of  two  in  each  ward,  who  make  personal  calls  on 
every  one  asking  aid.  This  Union  was  organized  (partially)  about 
26  years  ago  by  the  late  John  Whetstone,  Griffin  Taylor,  and  others, 
but  did  only  a  limited  work  with  $2,000  or  $3,000  a  year  until 
the  breaking  out  of  the  late  war,  when  the  late  C.  W.  Starbuck 
and  others,  desiring  to  aid  soldiers'  families,  took  hold  of  it,  and 
collected  yearly,  ever  since,  from  $12,000  to  $40,000  per  year,  and 
placed  it  at  the  disposal  of  the  distributors.  The  distributors  meet 
weekly  in  the  Winter  season  and  semi-monthly  and  monthly  in 
Summer.  During  the  past  2  or  3  years  these  voluntary  charities  have 
been  limited  to  widows  and  families  and  sick  persons  and  families,  as 
the  collections  are  not  so  large  as  during  or  immediately  after  the  war. 
The  funds,  in  the  way  of  shoes,  flannel,  muslin,  groceries,  etc.,  are  dis- 
tributed without  regard  to  nation,  color,  or  religion.  Especial  effort 
is  made  to  aid  children  in  attending  school. 

The  Children's  Home  of  Cincinnati. — On  the  1st  of  January, 
1874,  there  were  29  children  in  the  institution.  During  the  year 
there  were  335  admitted.  Of  these,  67  have  been  permanently  placed 
in  country  homes,  221  have  been  returned,  after  a  longer  or  shorter 
period,  to  their  parents  or  friends.  11  have  died.  This  is  the  largest 
number  of  deaths  that  have  ever  occurred  at  the  Home,  during  one 
year.  }1  has  been  sent  to  the  Infirmary,  1  to  the  Boys'  Protectory, 
4  to  the  Cincinnati  Hospital,  3  ran  away,  1  was  committed  to  the 
House  of  Refuge,  and  54  were  remaining  in  the  Home  on  the  1st  of 
January,  1875. 

On  the  1st  of  January,  1875,  the  Home  had  been  in  operation 
for  ten  years.  During  that  time  the  whole  number  of  children 
that  have  been  received  is  1,678 ;  the  whole  number  that  have  been 
placed  in  country  homes  is  666.  During  the  past  year,  10  of  these, 
who  were  among  the  first  that  were  placed  in  homes,  have  attained 
their  majority ;  several  have  married ;  and  not  a  few  are  engaged 
in  business  and  commending  themselves  to  the  respect  and  con- 
fidence of  those  among  whom  they  live;  several  are  teaching  school, 
and  nearly  all  of  the  rest  have  been  attending  school  a  suitable  pro- 
portion of  each  year.  The  work  has  cost,  during  1874,  a  trifle  less 
than  $8,000.00. 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  59 


The  Widows'  Home,  and  Asylum  for  Aged  and  Indigent 
Women,  situated  at  Mt.  Auburn.  The  house  and  lot  is  valued  at 
$70,000.  Dilring  the  year  1874  four  widows  were  admitted  and  four 
died,  making  the  entire  number  of  inmates  since  its  establishment  128. 
There  are  now  46  life  residents  in  the  Home.  Since  its  organization 
52  inmates  have  died  in,  and  been  buried  from,  the  Home.  The  income 
of  the  year  derived  from  the  endowment  fund,  subscriptions,  and  dona- 
tions has  been  in  money  $10,000.24.  Donations  have  been  made  also 
of  goods,  provisions,  etc.,  for  the  family.  The  cost  of  maintenance  per 
inmate  has  been  $140. 

The  managers  received  two  bequests  during  the  past  year,  one 
from  the  late  A.  M.  Taylor  of  $5,000,  and  one  from  the  late  John 
Whetstone  of  $1,000. 

Young-  Men's  Christian  Association,  south-east  corner  of 
Sixth  and  Elm  Streets.  The  building  was  originally  opened  as  a 
hotel,  called  the  Farlow  House.  In  January,  1874,  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  decided  to  buy  the  perpetual  lease,  with 
privilege  of  purchase.  Possession  of  the  building  was  obtained  on 
March  9th,  and  the  skill  of  artisans  of  all  trades  was  called  in  to  .reno- 
vate and  rejuvenate  the  large  five-story  stone-front  building.  It  is 
furnished  in  the  most  comfortable  and  elegant  manner,  every  article 
having  been  contributed  by  the  friends  of  the  Association.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  facilities  afforded  for' the  specific  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work,  the 
building  has  been  thrown  open  for  the  meetings  of  religious,  humani- 
tarian, intellectual,  and  scientific  societies  in  sympathy  with  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Association,  and  the  following  Societies  now  meet  under 
the  same  roof:  Ministerial  Association,  Young  Men's  Bible  Society, 
Union  Woman's  Missionary  Society,  Woman's  League,  Woman's  Cen- 
tennial Commission,  Popular  Science  Society,  Executive  Committee 
Harmonic  Society,  Mozart  Choral  Society,  Excelsior  Musical  Society, 
Flower  Mission,  Fountain  Society,  German  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

The  social  element  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  Associations  is  one  of  the  recog- 
nized agencies  by  which  the  beneficent  results  of  their  organizations 
are  accomplished.  The  Association  procures  situations  for  those  who 
need  them  without  charge.  During  the  year  1874  there  were  561  per- 
sons registered  and  105  situations  obtained.  21  temperance  prayer- 
meetings  have  been  held  during  the  year,  and  70§  persons  have  signed 
the  pledge.  There  are  2  parlor-croquet  sets,  8  chess  tables,  and  32 
checker  tables  in  the  amusement  rooms.  The  reading-rooms  and 
library  are  well  stocked  with  standard  and  current  literature.  The 
present  membership  is  1,183,  as  follows:  Active,  740;  Associate,  180; 


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Sustaining,  251 ;  Life,  12.  Committees  visit  and  distribute  tracts  and 
other  religiouss  work  at  the  Cincinnati  Hospital,  Newport  Barracks, 
County  Jail,  City  Workhouse,  and  the  station-houses  of  the  city.  The 
total  attendance  in  the  rooms  for  the  year  was  77,541 ;  Registered 
visitors,  1,378;  Religious  papers  and  tracts  distributed,  239,260;  Re- 
ligious meetings  held  in  rooms,  452;.  Bible  meetings,  50;  Magazines 
and  periodicals  filed,  47,527;  Free  writing  material  donated,  1,639; 
Visits  to  sick  by  superintendent,  24.  The  receipts  for  1874  were 
$7,326.99;  Expenditures,  $7,304.31. 

A  list  of  desirable  boarding  and  lodging  houses  is. kept  at  the 
rooms  for  the  use  of  strangers  and  young  men  in  search  of  such  ac- 
commodations. 

Home  of  the  Women's  Christian  Association,  No.  100 
Broadway.  The  object  of  this  Association  is  to  look  after  the  tem- 
poral, moral,  and  religious  welfare  of  women — especially  young  women 
who  are  dependent  upon  their  own  exertion  for  support.  Any  woman 
may  become  an  active  member  of  this  Association  by  paying  one  dol- 
lar annually,  and  any  person  a  life  member  by  paying  twenty  dollars, 
or  a  patron  by  paying  one  hundred  dollars  at  any  one  time. 

A  boarding-house  has  been  opened  for  about  six  years,  managed  by 
the  Association,  and  the  scale  of  prices  for  board  regulated  according 
to  the  wages  received  and  the  kind  of  room  selected. 

There  is  a  Young  Ladies'  Branch  who  conduct  an  Industrial  School, 
into  which  any  girl  or  woman  they  may  think  suitable  is  admitted. 
The  average  daily  attendance  in  this  department  is  25. 

Nearly  700  garments  were  made  during  1874.  A  standing  com- 
mittee of  ladies  examines  each  week  the  finished  garments  before  they 
are  sent  home.  At. the  recent  Industrial  Exposition  in  this  city  the 
work  from  this  department  took  the  silver  medal  for  the  best  needle- 
work. 

The  Sewing  School  has  been  a  success  in  so  far  as  regards  the  object 
for  which  it  was  started — the  training  of  women  in  all  branches  of 
needlework  whereby  they  may  earn  a  livelihood.  During  the  Sum- 
mer months  the  Flower  Mission — an  organization  of  ladies  for  the 
distribution  of  flowers  to  the  poor — furnish  the  visiting  committees  of 
the  Women's  Christian  Association  with  flowers,  which  they  in  turn 
distribute  in  the  hospitals  and  jails. 

The  Fatherhood  of  Priests  of  the  Monastery  of  St. 
Francis,  on  Vine  Street  between  Liberty  and  Green,  give  daily 
gratuitous  instruction  to  1,000  poor  children  in  the  schools  connected 
with  their  Churches. 


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The  Convent  of  the  Sisters  of  Mercy,  on  Fourth  Street, 
immediately  west  of  the  Grand  Hotel,  was  planted  here  in  1858,  and 
is  a  branch  of  the  Order  founded  forty  years  ago  by  Miss  Catharine 
Macaulay,  of  Dublin.  Its  objects  are  the  visitation  of  the  sick  and 
afflicted,  the  instruction  and  aid  of  poor  distressed  girls,  visits  to 
prisons,  hospitals,  etc.  The'  Sisters  here,  of  whom  there  are  but  thirty- 
three,  visit  and  help  twenty-four  poor  families  every  week.  There  are 
more  than  fifty  children  within  the  walls  of  the  convent  to  be  fed, 
clothed,  and  educated. 

The  Convent  of  Notre  Dame,  upon  Sixth  Street,  provides 
gratuitous  instruction  for  a  very  large  number  of  children  and  young 
girls.  The  remaining  Catholic  education  of  the  city  is  given  by 
Brotherhoods  and  Sisterhoods  and  the  different  parochial  schools, 
of  which  last  there  are  106  in  all.  The  total  number  of  Catholic 
children  of  both  sexes  educated  at  these  establishments  is  16,165. 

The  Convent  of  St.  Francis  of  the  Poor,  on  the  north-west 
corner  of  Lytle  and  Third  Streets,  keeps  up  hospitals  for  the  poor  in 
Banks  Street,  in  Covington,  and  organizes  them  in  every  district  their 
money  will  permit. 

The  Hebrew  General  Relief  Association  meets  every  Sun- 
day morning  in  Covenant  Hall,  at  the  corner  of  Fifth  Street  and  Central 
Avenue.  It  has  been  in  existence  for  thirty  years,  and  is  supported 
by  voluntary  subscriptions  of  about  $10,000  a  year.  From  this  the 
pressing  wants  of  poor  Israelites  are  supplied  with  money,  free  rentals, 
and  in  Winter  with  donations  of  coal,  flour,  and  groceries. 

Cincinnati  Homoeopathic  Free  Dispensary,  corner  of 
Seventh  and  Mound  Streets,  for  the  year  ending  December  31st,  1874, 
afforded  medical  and  surgical  aid  as  follows :  Number  of  patients, 
1,369;  number  of  prescriptions,  5,865;  out-door  visits,  747.  In  the 
eye  and  ear  department  the  number  of  cases  treated  was  825;  number 
of  treatments,  4,002;  and  of  operations,  120.  The  whole  number  of 
patients  was  2,194;  whole  number  of  prescriptions,  9,867. 

Dispensary  of  the  Medical  College  of  Ohio.  This  institu- 
tion has  a  free  dispensary  at  their  building  on  Sixth  Street,  between 
.Race  and  Vine  Streets.  The  number  of  patients  who  received  pre- 
scriptions and  medicine  free  during  the  past  year  numbered  between 
5,000  and  6,000. 

The  Young  Men's  Bible  Society,  No.  176  Elm  Street,  was 
established  about  thirty  years  ago.  The  Society  distributes  Bibles  in 
private  houses,  prisons,  asylums,  and  other  places,  free  of  charge. 
They  put  a  Bible  in  every  room  of  each  hotel  in  the  city. 


62  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


MUNICIPAL  DEPARTMENTS. 

The  Board  of  Health.— The  office  of  this  Board  is  in  the  City 
Buildings,  and  it  governs  the  workings"  of  the  District  Physicians,  of 
whom  there  is  one  in  each  Ward,  treating  the  sick  gratuitously  with 
medicines  furnished  in  accordance  with  a  certain  tariff'.  The  Sanitary 
Police,  the  Milk  and  Meat  Inspectors,  are  also  under  its  orders.  In 
periods  of  epidemics,  which  are,  however,  rare,  the  powers  of  the  Board 
are  extended.  The  tables  of  mortality  show  that  Cincinnati  is  the 
healthiest  city  in  the  Union,  the  deaths  being  only  a  fraction  over  18 
in  the  1,000. 

The  Cincinnati  Fire  Department. — This  department  of  the 
City  Government  has  long  been  recognized  as  the  most  efficient 
in  the  United  States.  It  was  originally  in  the  hands  of  volunteer 
companies,  but  as  they  gradually  became  disorganized,  the  City  Coun- 
cil, under  the  lead  of  Mr.  James  H.  Walker,  of  the  Fifth  Ward,  re- 
solved upon  the  present  system.  Mr.  Abel  Shawk,  a  mechanic  of 
Cincinnati,  had  just  invented  the  steam  fire-engine,  and  in  spite  of 
much  opposition,  the  Council  adopted  it  for  the  use  of  the  city.  This 
valuable  adjunct  to  the  preservation  of  life  and  property  was,  there- 
fore, invented  and  first  employed  here.  The  organization,  as  it  now 
exists,  is  based  upon  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Ohio,  passed 
in  April,  1873,  and  vesting  the  control  of  fire  departments  in  cities  of 
the  first  class  in  a  board  of  five  Fire  Commissioners  appointed  by  the 
Mayor,  holding  office  for  five  years,  one  member  retiring  annually. 
The  board  meets  twice  a  month.  The  Act  also  provides  that  the  fire- 
alarm  telegraph  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  Commissioners,  and 
that  the  Chief  Engineer  shall  be  the  Superintendent.  The  total 
receipts  on  a  tax  of  1.30  mills  on  the  Duplicate,  for  the  year  ending 
31st  December,  1874,  was  $274,731.08;  and  the  expenses,  $271,054.74. 
Inclusive  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  the  force  now  consists  of  151  officers 
and  men,  divided  into  19  companies,  4  hook  and  ladder  com- 
panies, fuel  and  supply  wagons,  and  the  fire-alarm  telegraph  corps. 
The  department  possesses  20  steam  fire-engines,  6  hook  and  ladder 
trucks,  84  splendid  horses,  and  there  are  28,550  feet  of  hose  manufac- 
tured by  the  department.  There  are  also  in  use  portable  fire-ex- 
tinguishers— one  at  each  station.  The  facilities  for  waier-supply  are 
excellent.  There  are  in  all  286  cisterns,  with  an  average  capacity  of 
800  barrels  each,  and  673  fire-plugs.  There  are  228  miles  of  fire-alarm 


THE   NIGHT   ALARM 


G4  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


telegraphic  lines,  and' 185  signal  boxes;  and  the  head-quarters,  over 
the  engine-house  near  the  corner  of  Sixth  and  Vine  Streets,  are  equipped 
with  the  most  improved  repeaters  and  registers.  During  the  year 
,1874,  313  alarms  were  struck  from  the  Central  Telegraph  Office.  The 
total  loss  on  buildings  and  their  contents  was  $582,089.63,  of  which 
$297,933.43  was  covered  by  insurance.  No  public  city  celebration  is 
now  considered  complete  without  a  parade  of  the  firemen,  or  a  trial- 
test  of  the  height  to  which  the  engines  can  throw  water. 


THE  PUBLIC  BUILDINGS. 

The  Post-office. — The  Cincinnati  Post-office  forms  one  of  the 
departments  of  the  United  States  Government  Building  upon  Fourth 
and  Vine  Streets.  Its  front  upon  Vine  Street  is  150  feet,  on  Fourth 
Street,  80  feet,  of  sawn  freestone,  three  stories  high,  and  of  a  Roman 
Corinthian  style  of  architecture.  The  space  allotted  to  the  Post-office 
is  wholly  inadequate  to  the  demands  of  the  business  transacted  and  the 
new  buildings  already  begun  on  Fifth  Street  will  not  be  too  large  for 
the  department.  The  offices  of  the  Postmaster,  the  Assistant  Post- 
master, the  Cashier,  and  the  Chief  Clerk,  the  Money-order  and  the 
Registry  Bureau  are  up-stairs,  in  a  long  room  opposite  the  United 
States  Treasury  offices.  The  offices  of  the  Superintendent  of  Mails  and 
of  Carriers  are  down-stairs,  in  the  basement.  There  are  3(3  clerks,  5  of 
whom  are  ladies,  employed  in  the  office,  63  carriers,  and  105  postal 
clerks  are  engaged  upon  the  Railways  in  making  up  and  distributing 
Cincinnati  postal  matter.  The  office  is  open  from  7.30  A.  M.  to  12 
midnight.  There  are  in  the  city  several  deliveries  a  day,  some  car- 
riers making  4,  some  3,  some  2,  and  some  only  one  trip,  according  to 
business  and  distance.  There  are  241  drop  boxes  attached  to  the  city 
lamp-posts,  and  1,100  delivery  boxes  rented  to  business  and  profes- 
sional men,  in  the  eastern  and  southern  front  of  the  building  under 
cover  of  the  portico.  The  average  number  of  mail  letters  received  in 
the  city  during  the  past  year  has  been  27,000  daily,  of  drop  letters, 
6,000,  with  an  average  weight  per  diem  of  430  pounds.  The  average 
of  daily  papers  sent  out  is  192,114  pounds  a  week.  About  400  dead 
letters  a  week  are  sent  to  Washington,  and  about  300  advertised ;  but 
the  Exposition  adds  tens  of  thousands  to  these  numbers.  There  are 
161  distributing  boxes  for  the  daily  papers,  and  160  for  the  weeklies. 
The  employees  are  engaged  8  hours  in  the  24. 


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In  the  postal  year  ending  31st  August,  1874,  no  less  than  10,211,100 
stamps  were  sold,  of  the  value  of  $255,728.00.  Of  stamped  envelopes 
there  were  also  sold  2,901,000;  of  postal  cards,  1,900,000;  the  total 
value  of  all  being  $346,029.00.  In  the  same  year  $4,654,923.53  were 
either  paid  into  or  paid  out  of  the  Money-order  ^Department,  and 
103,068  registered  letters  sent  through  the  mails.  The  number  of  let- 
ters delivered  in  the  city  was  7,101,520.  The  number  of  drop  letters 
collected  from  the  streetv  boxes  was  3,236,863;  of  postal  cards,  520,008; 
of  newspapers,  275,244  -/the  total  thus  being  3,620,100.  The  number 
of  letters  delivered  at  the  post-office  was  1,062,346.  The  total  mail 
matter  originating  at  Cincinnati  was  of  the  weight  of  3,009,420 
pounds,  and  the  estimated  weight  for  distribution  at  other  offices, 
5,500,000  pounds.  The  net  earnings  during  the  same  period  were 
$359,864.17. 

These  figures  are  some  indication  of  the  importance  of  the  city 
as  a  distributing  point,  and  it  must  be  remembered  that  they  do  not 
include  the  business  of  a  similar  character  carried  on  under  recent 
legislation  by  the  several  express  companies. 

The  Custom  House,  in  the  Government  Buildings,  at  the  south- 
west corner  of  Fourth  and  Vine,  has  been  an  important  item  in  the 
city  affairs  since  Cincinnati  was  declared  a  port  of  entry,  in  1871.  A 
very  large  amount  of  European  goods  are  still  imported  through  New 
York,  but  a  large  and  increasing  business  is  done  here.  In  the  year 
ending  1st  January,  1874,  the  total  value  of  goods  entered  and  with- 
drawn for  consumption  at  this  port  wras  $676,544,  upon  which 
$278,719.85  duties  were  collected;  the  increase  over  1873 being $17,972 
in  value,  and  $5,114.22  in  duties. 

The  United  States  Government  Building-.  (See  Frontis- 
piece.) The  new  Custom-house,  Post-office,  and  Court-house  now 
being  erected,  occupies  one-half  of  the  square  bounded  by  Fifth,  Sixth, 
Walnut,  and  Main  Streets.  The  building  will  be  354  by  164  feet,  four 
stories  in  height  above  ground,  exclusive  of  the  attics  and  roof  stories. 
Below  ground  is  a  basement,  14  feet  high,  and  a  sub-basement,  10  feet, 
furnished  with  light  and  air  from  an  area  12  feet  wide  running  entirely 
around  the  building.  The  entire  first  story  will  be  occupied  by  the 
Post-office  department — rooms  for  the  Postmaster,  Cashier,  Money- 
order  office,  vaults,  etc.,  being  located  at  the  ends  of  the  building, 
•while  the  central  portion  forms  one  vast  business  room,  132  by  225 
feet,  which,  in  addition  to  the  usual  complement  of  side  windows,  has 
a  large  portion  of  its  ceiling  of  glass,  making  a  sky-light  63  by  220  feet. 
Above  the  first  story  the  building  takes  the  form  of  a  hollow  square, 


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with  the  court  of  the  same  area  as  the  Post-office  sky-light — 63  by  220 
feet.  A  corridor  14  feet  wide  faces  on  this  court  and  furnishes  com- 
munication with  the  various  rooms,  all  of  which  have  an  exterior 
frontage.  These  rooms — about  fifty  in  number — give  business  accom- 
modation for  the  Custom-house,  United  States  Courts,  Internal  Reve- 
nue, and  other  officers  of  the  Civil  Government,  and  vary  in  size  from 
the  private  office,  14  by  20  feet,  to  the  magnificent  court-rooms,  41  by 
64  feet. 

The  exterior  is  designed  in  the  Renaissance  style — of  four  super- 
imposed orders.  The  principal  facade,  354  feet  long,  is  divided  into 
center  and  corner  pavilions,  connected  by  receding  bays,  while  the  end 
facades  have  corner  pavilions  only,  connected  by  receding  bays.  The 
pavilions  are  strongly  marked  by  porticoes,  with  full,  detached  col- 
umns, and  the  divisions  rendered  more  effective  by  large  dormers  and 
prominent  roof-lines  at  the  corners,  while  the  center  pavilion  ter- 
minates in  an  attic  of  two  stories,  and  high,  towering  roof,  170  feet 
from  the  ground.  The  windows — liberal  in  size  and  simple  in  form — 
are  kept  entirely  subordinate  to  the  orders  which  form  the  decorative 
features  of  the  facades.  The  lines  are  generally  rigid,  and  the  open- 
ings square  at  head,  except  in  the  crowning  story,  where  arched  open- 
ings give  a  very  pleasing  termination.  The  orders  are  very  originally 
treated  in  the  first  story.  The  pilasters  and  columns,  placed  on  a  high 
pedestal,  are  rusticated,  and,  by  an  ingenious  introduction  of  the  tri- 
glyph  into  the  capitals,  the  characteristics  of  the  Doric  order  are  given 
with  a  decidedly  new  effect.  This  rusticated  order,  with  its  re-enforce- 
ment of  piers,  forms  an  appropriate  and  massive  substructure,  on 
which  the  other  and  lighter  orders  rest.  These  upper  orders  are  a 
modified  Ionic  in  the  second  story,  and  Composite  in  the  third  and 
fourth ;  the  whole,  at  a  height  of  95  feet  from  the  ground,  surmounted 
by  a  modillion  cornice  of  ornamental  detail. 

The  exterior  walls  are  to  be  of  granite,  the  basement  and  stylobate 
from  the  red-granite  quarries  of  Middlebrook,  Mo.,  and  the  super- 
structure from  quarries  at  Fox  Island,  Me.,  furnished  under  a  .con- 
tract with  the  Bodwell  Granite  Company.  The  .interior  construction 
will  be  of  a  strictly  fire-proof  character,  as  in  other  first-class  Govern- 
ment buildings,  with  partitions  of  brick,  and  floors  of  iron  beams  and 
brick  arches. 

Among  the  largest,  as  well  as  finest,  of  the  new  public  buildings, 
with  its  grand  proportions  and  massive  material,  it  will  be  a  magnifi- 
cent contribution  to  the  architectural  attractions  of  the  city,  and  may 
justly  be  a  source  of  pride  to  its  inhabitants. 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED   CINCINNATI. 


To  complete  this  building  will  cost,  exclusive  of  the  site,  not 
far  from  $3,000,000,  and  the  expectation  is  that  it  will  prove  equal 
to  the  growth  of  Cincinnati  for  several  years  to  come.  It  is  so 
planned,  however,  that  additions  may  be  made  in  harmony  with  the 
design. 

The  Exposition  Buildings.— The  Exposition  of  the  present 
year  is  the  sixth  in  regular  annual  series.  The  buildings  are  upon 
Elm  Street,  fronting  Washington  Park,  and — not  including  the  Art 
Hall,  built  in  the  Park  itself  and  connected  with  the  main  buildings 
by  a  bridge  across  the  street — cover  3  J  acres  of  ground  and  have  7  acres 
of  space  for  exhibiting.  The  Exposition  has  always  opened  in  the  first 


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THE    EXPOSITION    BUILDING. 


week  of  September  and  been  closed  in  the  first  week  of  October.  The 
railways  run  special  trains,  and  special  arrangements  for  reduced  fares 
to  and  from  Cincinnati  are  niade,all  over  the  country.  Music  is  pro- 
vided every  afternoon  and  evening,  and  three  times  a  week  there  are 
special  floral  displays.  The  admission  is  25  cents;  for  children,  15 
cents.  The  total  attendance  by  single  admissions  for  the  several  years 
is  as  follows:  For  1870,  315,420;  for  1871,  415,052;  for  1872,  633,227; 
for  1873,  501,102;  for  1874,  487,704. 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce. — The  rooms  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  are  now  temporarily  at  22  Fourth  Street,  between  Walnut 
and  Main.  It  was  organized  in  1839.  It  is  an  association  of  mer- 
chants who,  for  the  convenience  of  business,  find  it  of  advantage  to  own 
a  common  room  for  transactions  in  trade.  The  members  last  year 
numbered  1.132,  and  the  receipts  were  $25,670.  Much  benefit  is  de- 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED   CINCINNATI. 


rived  from  the  settlement  by  the  board  of  commercial  misunderstand- 
ing between  members. 

The  Board  of  Trade. — There  are  more  than  five  hundred  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Trade  who  meet  daily  in  their  rooms,  at  122  Vine 
Street,  opposite  the  Burnet  House.  It  was  founded  in  1868.  The  chief 
subjects  discussed  by  them  are  matters  pertinent  to  manufactures, 
railroads,  river  navigation,  transportation,  and  taxation.  Their  com- 
pilation of  local  statistics  is  of  extraordinary  value,  as  both  the  Board 
of  Trade  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  are  ready  at  all  times  to 
receive  and  consider,  and  if  advisable  support,  any  recommendation 
or  project  for  the  common  good. 

The  Mechanics'  Institute. — This  is  one  of  the  oldest  institu- 
tions of  Cincinnati,  having  been  incorporated  in  1829.  The  building 
is  upon  Vine  and  Sixth  Streets,  fronting  each  way.  The  style  is 
Gothic,  90  feet  on  Vine  by  75  on  Sixth.  The  entire  height  is  100  feet. 
It  contains  a  library  and  reading-room.  In  the  School  of  Design, 
upon  the  upper  floors,  223  students  are  enrolled,  and  prizes  are  given 
for  proficiency.  The  several  departments  are  the  Mechanical,  the 
Architectural,  and  the  Artistic,  including  Free-hand  Drawing,  Design- 
ing and  Ornamentation,  and  Drawing  from  the  life,  etc.  The  Board 
of  Trade  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Mechanics'  Institute 
are  the  bodies  from  which  the  Managers  of  the  Annual  Exposition  are 
chosen. 

The  Newspapers. — Cincinnati  possesses  five  daily  morning 
papers  and  three  evening.  The  Gazette,  at  the  corner  of  Vine  and 
Fourth,  is  published  every  day  except  Sundays;  the  Enquirer,  on 
Vine  Street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh,  every  day ;  and  the  Commer- 
cial, on  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Race,  every  day.  The  German 
Volksblattj  at  269  Vine  Street,  and  the  German  Volksfreund,  on  the 
south-west  corner  of  Vine  and  Longworth  Streets,  every  day.  All  these 
papers  issue  a  weekly,  and  the  Gazette  a  semi-weekly  also.  In  politics 
the  Gazette  is  Republican,  the  Enquirer  and  the  Volksfreund  Demo- 
cratic, the  Commercial  Independent,  and  the  Vblksblatt  what  is  called 
Liberal.  The  afternoon  papers  are  the  Times,  Republican,  printed  on 
Third  Street,  between  Walnut  and  Vine;  the  Star,  neutral,  at  230 
Walnut  Street ;  and  the  new  paper,  the  Neue  Freie  Presse,  on  the  north- 
east corner  of  Canal  and  Vine.  Weekly  editions  are  also  issued.  The 
Commercial  is  owned  by  a  private  company ;  the  Gazette,  the  Volksblatt , 
and  the  Times  are  owned  by  incorporated  companies ;  the  Enquirer 
and  the  Volksfreund  by  private  shareholders.  In  addition  to  these 
there  are  also  published  in  Cincinnati  42  weeklies,  4  of  which  are 


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German ;  21  monthlies,  including  1  German  ;  and  1  quarterly.  These 
are  devoted  to  some  special  object,  or  conducted  in  the  interest  of 
some  one  or  other  of  the  various  Church  organizations. 

THE  TELEGRAPH  COMPANIES. 

The  "Western  Union  Telegraph  Company's  offices  are  upon 
the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Vine  Streets,  opposite  the  Post-office.  The 
building  is  five  stories  high.  The  basement  is  used  for  the  batteries  and 
the  store-rooms;  the  ground-floor  for  the  receiving  and  general  office; 
the  second  and  third  floors  are  rented  for  law  offices,  etc. ;  the  fourth 
floor  is  used  for  the  book-keepers,  for  the  commercial  news  department, 
and  for  a  social  room  for  the  officers ;  the  fifth  is  exclusively  the  operat- 
ing room.  The  office  is  busy  all  night,  but  no  messages  are  received 
after  the  press  reports  are  all  in,  at  about  3  o'clock  in  the  morning. 
Twenty-three  years  ago  there  were  only  2  operators  employed,  with 
little  to  do;  now  there  are  175  employees  constantly  engaged.  The 
messages  are  transmitted  in  the  Morse  character,  and  read  by  sound. 
The  instruments  used  are  the  quadruplex,  transmitting  two  messages 
simultaneously  each  way,  and  the  duplex,  one  each  way ;  64  wires  run 
into  the  office.  The  business  done  is  heavier  in  the  Winter  than  the 
Summer,  the  Congressional  reports  for  the  press  alone  adding  about 
15,000  words  a  day.  May  is  a  good  month  to  take  an  average,  and  last 
May,  calculating  the  average  message  at  30  words,  189,377  messages  were 
sent  and  received  in  the  office.  Of  these  98,893  were  private  local  busi- 
ness, the  remainder  consisting  of  press  reports,  commercial  news,  and  the 
business  of  the  company.  During  the  same  month,  1 ,384,898  words  were 
received  for  the  press  here.  The  calculation  of  the  average  message  at 
30  words  includes  the  address,  date,  and  signature,  which  are  not 
charged.  Thirty  words  a  minute  can  be  received  for  the  press,  and 
the  operators  employed  for  this  service  are  paid  25  per  cent  higher 
than  others.  Their  work  varies;  the  Beecher  trial,  for  instance,  some 
days  caused  the  transmission  of  from  15,000  to  16,000  words  more  than 
usual.  The  operators  belong  to  a  Society  limited  to  1,500  members, 
the  head-quarters  of  which  is  in  New  York.  On  the  death  of  any 
member  $1  each  is  collected  from  the  survivors  and  paid  to  the  heirs. 
It  has  been  in  existence  for  nearly  seven  years,  and  seventy-five  assess- 
ments have  been  made. 

The  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Telegraph  Company's  office  is 
upon  Third  Street,  between  Vine  and  Walnut.  The  company  uses  the 
Morse  system  for  short  messages,  and  the  automatic  for  long.  The 


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latter  is  said  to  be  capable  of  receiving  1,700  words  a  minute.  By  the 
process  the  characters  of  the  Morse  alphabet  are  printed  in  Prussian 
blue  by  the  agency  of  steel  upon  chemically  prepared  paper.  The 
company  supplies  the  American  Press  Association.  There  are  12 
employees  in  the  office. 

The  American  District  Telegraph  Company  has  its  office 
on  Sixth  Street,  near  Vine.  It  employs  8  messengers  and  2  policemen, 
who  are  furnished  at  a  moment's  notice.  There  are  110  signal  boxes 
in  the  city  connected  by  telegraph  with  the  central  office,  all  contained 
in  an  area  extending  from  Pike  Street  east  to  Central  Avenue  west, 
and  from  Pearl  Street  south  to  Eighth  Street  north.  The  signal  boxes 
are  rented  at  $2.50  per  month.  Within  the  area  named,  20  cents  is 
charged  for  a  messenger,  and  for  longer  distances  in  proportion.  For 
the  services  of  a  policeman  15  cents  is  charged  for  every  half  hour. 

The  City  and  Suburban  Telegraph  Association  has  its 
offices  at  122  Fourth  Street,  between  Race  and  Vine.  It  was  incorpo- 
rated in  1873,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000.  The  company  constructs 
private  lines  connecting  the  city  with  the  suburbs,  and  factories,  etc., 
with  city  offices  or  private  houses.  Of  these  there  are  now  32  lines, 
with  27  miles  of  poles  and  250  miles  of  wire,  and  128  instruments  in 
operation.  The  company  also  manages  the  police  and  city  telegraph. 
In  this  department  there  are  32  miles  and  17  instruments,  con- 
necting the  Mayor's  residence,  the  Hospital,  the  Workhouse,  the  Fire 
Alarm  Telegraph,  and  the  ten  different  Police  Stations.  In  1874 
69,000  telegrams  were  sent  in  this  department ;  16,425  were  for  tke 
benefit  of  reporters.  The  rent  of  the  instruments  is  from  $10  to  $200 
a  month,  according  to  size  and  business. 

THE  EXPRESS  COMPANIES. 

The  Adams  Express  Company's  offices  are  upon  Fourth 
Street,  between  Walnut  and  Vine,  upon  the  south  side.  Forty-five 
messengers  run  by  rail  and  steamboat  from  and  into  the  office.  There 
are  98  local  employees,  44  horses,  and  23  wagons,  in  constant  use. 
The  Company  connects  with  all  the  principal  cities  and  towns  in  the 
Union.  In  the  money  department  of  the  Cincinnati  office  of  this 
company  the  Money  Clerk  not  infrequently  handles  from  $1,000,000 
to  $2,000,000  a  day,  and  in  the  season  when  the  crops  are  moved  the 
actual  average  is  over  $1,000,000  a  day. 

The  American  Express  Company's  offices  are  at  118  West 
Fourth  Street,  between  Vine  and  Race.  There  are  38  office  employees, 

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including  those  employed  in  city  delivery,  30  messengers  running  in 
and  out  upon  the  cars  or  river,  27  horses,  and  16  wagons. 

The  United  States  Express  Company's  offices  are  at  No. 
122  West  Fourth,  between  Race  and  Vine.  The  room  describes  an  L, 
with  two  entrances — one  of  which  is  on  Race  Street.  There  are  63 
employees,  28  horses,  and  16  wagons.  This  Company  runs,  in  con- 
nection with  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  to  California  and  Europe,  and  lu'.s 
5,000  offices  of  its  own  in  the  United  States. 

These  latter  Companies — the  United  States  and  the  American — 
have  a  joint  Mutual  Beneficial  Aid  Society,  composed  exclusively  of 
the  employees  thereof,  and  in  operation  since  1869.  During  the  past 
six  years  the  Society  has  lost  124  members  by  death,  and  lias  paid  to 
the  representatives  of  said  deceased  the  sum  of  $242,094 — an  average 
of  $1,984.38  on  each  decease,  with  annual  cost  to  members  of  $21  per 
annum.  There  are  3,200  members  at  present. 


EDUCATIONAL  ESTABLISHMENTS. 

The  University  of  Cincinnati,  an  imposing  building,  front- 
ing upon  the  Hamilton  Road  and  Elni  Street,  is  now  ready  for  active 
work,  although  the  two  wings  are  yet  incomplete.  The  first  term  of 


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THE   HUGHES   HIGH   SCHOOL. 

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the  University  dates  from  September  27,  1875.  The  University  is 
free  to  both  sexes  residents  of  Cincinnati ;  but  students  from  elsewhere 
are  received  upon  the  payment  of  $60  a  year  for  a  full  course,  or  $30 
for  a  single  study.  The  University  is  endowed  by  the  estate  left  by 
the  late  J.  M;Micken,  and  its  system  embraces,  in  languages,  science, 
and  special  branches,  all  the  best  features  of  the  most  renowned  Euro- 
pean universities.  There  are  Chairs  in  Mathematics,  Astronomy,  and 
Civil  Engineering,  in  Physics  and  Chemistry,  in  Ancient  Languages 
and  Comparative  Philology,  in  History  and  Philosophy,  and  instruc- 
tion is  given  in  German  and  French,  and  the  degrees  of  Bachelors  of 
Arts,  of  Science,  and  of  Civil  Engineering,  are  conferred. 

The  School  of  Design,  at  present  in  the  College  Building,  on 
Walnut  Street,  opposite  the  Gibson  House,  is  a  department  of  the 
Cincinnati  University,  and  has  been  in  active  operation  some  years. 
Drawing  from  the  antique,  painting  in  oil  and  water  colors,  wood 
carving,  and  designing  in  patterns  for  the  ornamental  and  industrial 
trades,  are  the  chief  branches  taught. 

The  Law  School  has  its  Lecture  Room  in  the  same  building, 
and  is  also  connected  with  the  University.  Lectures  are  given  daily 
from  the  Wednesday  nearest  the  15th  October  until  the  15th  day  of 
the  following  April. 

The  Observatory,  formerly  on  Mount  Adams,  with  its  tele- 
scope, etc.,  has  been  transferred  to  Mount  Lookout,  about  six  mites 
from  the  city.  A  site  containing  4  acres  has  been  obtained. 

The  Hughes  High  School,  upon  Fifth  Street,  opposite  Mound, 
owes  its  name  to  Thomas  Hughes,  who,  by  his  last  will,  dated  Decem- 
ber, 1826,  left  his  property  for  a  high  school.  It  is  part  of  the  public- 
school  system  of  the  city.  Its  district  embraces  that  part  of  the  city 
west  and  south  of  a  line  drawn  from  the  Ohio  River  lip  Central  Ave- 
nue to  Clark  Street,  and  thence  west  on  Clark  Street.  The  school 
was  built  in  1853,  at  a  cost  of  $23,375.  It  has  eleven  rooms,  and  the 
attendance  last  year  was  444.  One  gold  and  one  silver  Ray  medal  are 
annually  awarded. 

The  "Woodward  High  School,  on  Franklin  Street,  between 
Sycamore  and  Broadway,  was  founded  by  the  late  William  Wood- 
ward, and  embraces  in  its  district  that  part  of  the  city  east  of  the 
line  bounding  Hughes,  for  which  see  above.  It  was  begun  in  1854 
and  finished*  in  1867,  and  cost  $51,230.  The  number  enrolled  last 
year  was  427.  The  pupils  enter  these  two  high  schools  either  by  pro- 
motion from  the  intermediate  or  after  an  examination.  A  gold  and 
silver  medal  is  annually  conferred  upon  the  two  leading  students. 


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THE    WOODWARD    HIGH    SCHOOL. 


The  High  Schools  are  an  important  factor  in  forming  the  character 
of  thousands,  as  but  few  are  able  to  prosecute  their  studies  at  a  college. 
Hence  the  curriculum,  adopted  is  large,  and  so  varied  that,  in  some 
departments  at  least,  it  must  be  of  the  greatest  advantage  to  all. 
Mathematics  are  thoroughly  taught;  and  in  the  languages,  sufficient 
instruction  is  given  in  Latin,  French,  and  German,  to  enable  the  pupil 
either  to  matriculate  at  college,  or  to  extend  his  training  by  himself 
i»  the  intervals  of  a  busy  commercial  or  professional  life.  Later  in 
life  the  difficulties  attendant  upon  the  acquisition  of  the  languages  are 
vastly  increased  by  the  natural  distaste  felt  for  the  drudgery  of  the 
rudiments.  In  the  High  Schools  these  are  overcome,  and  a  foundation 
laid  upon  which,  at  any  period,  pleasantly  to  build  the  superstructure 
of  deeper  scholarship. 


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The  Intermediate  Schools,  of  which  there  are  four  in  the 
city,  form  the  links  between  the  district  and  high  schools.  The  aver- 
age number  of  pupils  in  daily  attendance  last  year  was  3,405. 

The  District  Schools,  not  including  the  colored,  are  twenty-six 
in  number,  and  open  free  of  charge  to  all  children  of  school  age  resi- 
dent in  the  district.  There  are  in  all  457  rooms  in  actual  use.  The 
number  of  pupils  registered  last  year  was  22,661,  and  during  the  year 
5,549  were  withdrawn.  The  average  daily  attendance  was  16,650,  and 
422  teachers  were  employed.  The  average  expense  for  each  student 
was  $1.41. 

The  Normal  School  had,  during  the  last  year,  a  daily  average 
of  266  pupils  in  five  rooms  and  under  five  teachers.  Of  the  teachers 
of  the  public-schools  in  the  city,  82  are  graduates  of  the  normal. 

The  Colored  Schools  in  the  city  are,  4  district,  2  intermediate, 
and  1  high-school.  The  attendance,  1,004  in  the  district,  and  70  in  the 
intermediate  and  high-school. 

Night  Schools  for  all  ages  are  opened  for  five  Winter  months ; 
the  attendance  last  year  was  4,075. 

The  total  expenditure  for  schools  for  14  months  ending  August  31, 
1874,  was  $705,165.18.  Regular  .meetings  of  the  Board  of  Examiners 
are  held  every  month,  except  July  and  August,  on  the  Tuesday  next 
preceding  the  second  Thursday,  at  the  School  Office  in  the  Public 
Library. 

St.  Francois  Xavier  College,  Sycamore  Street,  is  incorpo- 
rated, and  managed  by  the  Jesuit  Fathers.  Its  library  and  museum 
are  very  large  and  valuable.  The  college  is  very  wealthy,  and  the 
number  of  students  large.  The  course  of  study  embraces  theology, 
history,  general  literature,  and  science. 

The  Seminary  of  Mount  St.  Mary's  is  the  great  Catholic 
college  on  the  Western  Hills.  It  is  beautifully  situated,  and  com- 
mands a  very  extensive  view.  Its  theological  library  is  unrivaled, 
and  the  learning  of  the  priests  who  direct  the  instruction  celebrated — 
most  of  them  finished  their  education  in  Eome.  Very  many  priests 
have  graduated  from  this  seminary. 

The  Lane  Theological  Seminary,  upon  East  Walnut  Hills, 
springs  from  a  donation  of  $4,000  made  in  1828  by  Ebenezer  Lane. 
The  Kev.  Mr.  Kemper  and  his  sons  added  sixty  acres  of  land,  and  large 
subscriptions  being  received  from  other  States — principally  from  New 
York — the  present  college  was  built.  The  grounds  are  planted  with 
shade-trees  and  evergreens,  and  the  situation  is  singularly  healthy. 
The  course  of  study  occupies  three  years,  and  embraces  Biblical 


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literature,  systematic  theology,  Church  history,  and  pastoral  work. 
Candidates  must  present  testimonials  proving  them  to  be  members  of 
some  Church,  and  possessed  of  competent  talents  and  general  education. 

The  Mount  Auburn  Young  Ladies'  Institute  is  upon  the 
hill  of  that  name  north  of  the  city,  of  which  it  commands  a  magnifi- 
cent view.  It  was  organized  by  the  Kev.  E.  A.  Crawley,  for  the  higher 
education  of  young  ladies.  Examinations  are  held  each  session. 
Scientific  apparatus  are  liberally  supplied.  There  is  a  good  library, 
and  a  reading-room  supplied  with  magazines  and  newspapers. 

The  Cincinnati  Wesleyan  College  for  Young  Women  is 
on  Wesley  Avenue,  between  Court  and  Clark  Streets.  It  was  founded 
in  1842,  and  kept  open  until  1866.  Under  a  new  charter  the  building 
was  erected  on  the  present  site,  and  the  college  reopened  in  Sept.,  1868. 
Since  that  time  a  daily  average  of  230  pupils  have  attended.  It  is 
180  feet  long,  90  wide,  4  stories  high,  and  covered  with  a  Mansard 
roof.  The  building  cost  $135,000,  and  the  lot  is  valued  at  $90,000. 
One-third  of  the  building  is  devoted  to  instruction,  the  remainder  fitted 
up  with  dormitories,  corridors,  drawing  rooms,  etc.  There  are  three 
departments  of  instruction — primary,  academic,  collegiate — embracing 
a  thorough  classical  and  scientific  course.  Instruction  is  given  in 
modern  languages,  sciences,  music,  art,  book-keeping,  besides  the 
usual  branches  of  a  liberal  education.  It  has  a  pretty  lawn  in  front 


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THE    CINCINNATI    WESLEYAN    COLLEGE — THE    ART    HALL. 

and  upon  the  southern  wing.  Besides  the  view  of  the  edifice  showing 
the  east  front,  the  illustrations  show  an  interior  view  of  the  Chapel, 
which  will  seat  500  persons,  and  of  the  Art  Hall,  in  which  is  Academy 
of  Design. 

Commercial  Academies.  There  are  several  of  these  establish- 
ments in  the  city — two  on  Fourth  Street  near  Vine,  one  on  Walnut 
Street,  and  others.  Book-keeping,  telegraphy,  penmanship,  arithmetic, 
and,  in  fact,  nearly  every  thing  necessary  to  enable  a  young  man  to 
enter  business,  is  taught.  In  some  of  these  places  there  are  miniature 
business  houses  where  business  is  transacted,  sales  made,  cash  banked, 
etc.,  with  all  the  solemnity  of  real  life. 

The  Jewish  College,  in  great  measure  for  the  education  of 
Rabbonim,  will  soon  be  added  to  the  educational  advantages  of  the 
city,  and  will  be  in  connection  with  the  Union  of  American  Hebrew 
Congregations.  The  Israelites  of  this  city  have  already  subscribed 
$35,000  and  contributions  of  $1,000  a  year,  and  twenty  subscription 
books  are  now  open  in  as  many  cities  of  the  Union.  The  College  will 
be  built  as  soon  as  $160,000  are  subscribed  for  the  building  and  sinking 
fund.  The  revenue  will  be  derived  from  an  annual  payment  of  $1 
from  each  member  of  every  congregation  that  joins  the  Union.  Sixty- 
five  congregations  have  already  joined. 


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MEDICAL  COLLEGES. 

The  Medical  College  of  Ohio.— On  Sixth  Street,  between 
Vine  and  Eace  Streets.  It  is  almost  exclusively  to  the  fifty-five  years' 
effort  on  the  part  of  the  Medical  College  of  Ohio  that  Cincinnati  stands 
to-day  in  the  front  rank  of  medical  centers. 

There  are  few,  if  any,  medical  college  buildings  in  the  United 
States — certainly  none  in  the  West — so  conveniently  and  cqmmodi- 
ously  arranged  for  medical  instruction  as  the  Medical  College  of  Ohio. 
The  two  grand  amphitheaters  are  not  surpassed  in  this  country  in  size 
and  acoustic  properties;  and  the  interior  arrangements  of  chairs, 
demonstration  tables,  light,  etc.,  are  perfect  in  every  regard.  The  old 
Dispensary  Hall,  now  the  waiting-room  for  students,  a  large  chamber 
on  the  second  floor,  is  ample  enough  to  seat  four  hundred  students,  and 
is  most  suitably  adapted  to  the  purpose  for  which  it  will  be  devoted. 
The  present  building  was  erected  on  the  ground  formerly  occupied 
by  the  old  building — ground  now  consecrated  to  medical  instruction 
for  more  than  half  a  century  The  chief  advantage  of  this  site  for  a 
medical  college  building  is  its  central  location,  near  every  public 
structure — as"  the  Post-office,  libraries,  express  offices,  markets,  theaters, 
many  of  the  churches,  and  all  the  principal  centers  of  business  and 
trade — being  within  five  minutes'  walk. 

The  Faculty,  in  view  of  the  remarkable  growth  of  the  school,  and 
to  still  further  enlarge  the  means  of  instruction,  have  established  a 
voluntary  graded  system,  which  is  intended  to  take  effect  the  ensuing 
session.  The  following  arrangement  of  studies  has,  after  mature  delib- 
eration, been  decided  on :  First  year :  Anatomy,  Practical  Anatomy, 
Physiology,  Chemistry ;  second  year :  Anatomy,  Surgical  and  Practi- 
cal, Practical  Physiology,  Practical  Chemistry,  Materia  Medica  and 
•Therapeutics,  Clinical  Medicine,  and  Surgery;  third  year:  Surgery, 
Practice  of  Medicine,  Obstetrics  and  Gynaecology,  Materia  Medica  and 
Therapeutics,  Ophthalmology,  Clinical  Medicine,  and  Surgery. 

At  the  end  of  each  term  examinations  will  be  held  in  these  depart- 
ments, and  certificates  of  proficiency  will  be  given  to  those  who  are 
qualified. 

Students  taking  the  voluntary  graded  course  will  be  required  to 
pay  the  full  fee  of  $40  each  session.  This  fee  is  to  include  the  exami- 
nations and  certificates. 

To  encourage  medical  students  in  the  effort  to  obtain  a  more 

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thorough  medical  education,  the  Faculty  propose  to  inaugurate  the 
plan  of  continuous  college  instruction,  which  will,  of  course,  be  en- 
tirely voluntary.  Students  who  enter  on  this  course  will  be  known  as 
"  College  Pupils,"  and  their  studies  will  be  directed,  and  their  exami- 
nations conducted,  by  members  of  the  Faculty  in  their  respective  de- 
partments. No  student  will  be  admitted  to  this  course — unless  a 
graduate  in  arts — until  he  has  passed  a  satisfactory  preliminary  ex- 
amination. The  examinations  for  this  class  will  be  held  annually,  at 
the  opening  of  the  Preliminary  Term  in  September.  Fee,  $100  per 
year,  which  includes  all  but  the  hospital  tickets.  The  average  attend- 
ance is  about  300  students. 

The  Miami  Medical  College,  on  Twelfth  Street,  nearly  oppo- 
site the  Cincinnati  Hospital,  is  amply  provided  with  every  thing 
necessary  for  medical  teaching.  The  lecture-rooms,  laboratory,  and 


THE    MIAMI    MEDICAL    COLLEGE. 


dissecting-rooms  are  large,  well  lighted  and  ventilated.  The  Anatom- 
ical Museum  is  very  extensive,  containing  normal  and  morbid  ana- 
tomical preparations  and  models  in  wax,  plaster,  and  papier-mache. 


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The  cabinet  of  Materia  Medica  has  lately  been  increased,  and  large 
additions  made  to  the  laboratory  and  the  departments  of  Practical 
Chemistry,  Toxicology,  and  Microscopy.  The  dissecting-rooms  open  in 
October,  in  charge  of  the  Professor  of  Anatomy  and  Demonstrator. 
The  Kecitative  and  Demonstrative  Session  begins  on  the  15th  of  March, 
and  lasts  three  months.  It  includes  demonstrations  and  lectures  on 
anatomy  and  obstetrics,  surgical  operations,  and  special  lectures,  and 
is,  virtually,  a  prolongation  of  the  Winter  Session.  Clinical  lectures 
are  given  at  the  hospital. 

The  following  is  the  scale  of  fees.  Students  are  expected  to  arrange 
for  the  payment  of  fees  within  the  first  two  weeks  of  the  term :  Matric- 
ulation fee  (annually),  $5;  Kegular  Lecture  Term,  $40;  Reading  and 
Recitation  Term,  $20;  Both  Lecture  and  Recitation  Terms,  $50. 
Graduates  of  other  schools  who  attend  in  this  school  with  the  expecta- 
tion of  graduation,  will  pay  $20,  and  Matriculation  fee,  $5.  Gradu- 
ation fee,  $25 ;  Demonstrator's  ticket,  $5 ;  Hospital  ticket,  $5 ;  Alumni 
and  third-course  students  of  this  institution,  free. 

The  candidate  must  be  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  produce  satis- 
factory evidence  of  having  studied  medicine  for  three  years,  and  testi- 
monials of  good  moral  character.  He  must  have  attended  two  courses 
of  lectures,  the  last  of  which  shall  have  been  in  this  school,  and  must 
pass  a  satisfactory  examination  by  the  Faculty. 

Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  on  George 
Street,  between  John  and  Smith  Streets.  The  College  occupies  a  new 
building,  which  for  comfort  and  convenience,  and  general  adaptation 
for  all  the  purposes  of  a  me/lical  college,  is  unexcelled.  A  lecture- 
room  in  the  form  of  an  amphitheater  occupies  the  whole  of  the  ground- 
floor.  A  laboratory  well  supplied  with  apparatus,  and  a  large 
museum,  are  features  of  the  institution. 

It  is  the  policy  of  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery 
to  place  the  price  of  tuition  at  as  low  a  rate  as  possible.  It  maintains 
that  the  true  method  of  elevating  the  profession  is  to  do  away,  as  far 
as  is  consistent  with  the  expense  of  proper  teaching,  with  pecuniary 
obstacles  in  entering  the  profession,  and  to  place  at  a  high  standard 
the  attainments  necessary  for  graduation. 

There  are  held  each  year  two  courses  of  lectures.  Each  course  is 
a  complete  course  by  the  Faculty. 

Fees— Professor's  ticket,  $25;  Matriculation,  $5;  Demonstrator's 
ticket,  $5 ;  Hospital  ticket,  $5 ;  Graduation  fee,  $25. 

The  Eclectic  Medical  Institute,  on  the  north-west  corner  of 
Court  and  Plum  Streets,  has  been  in  existence  for  thirty  years,  but 


84  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


CINCINNATI    COLLEGE   OF    MEDICINE    AND    SURGERY. 

the  present  College  was  erected  in  1871,  on  the  site  of  the  old.  It  con- 
tains a  hall  30  by  70  feet  and  seating  300,  Faculty  rooms,  chemist's 
rooms,  an  amphitheater,  and  a  dissecting-room.  The  building  is  38  by 
90  feet.  An  average  of  190  students  are  graduated  yearly.  The 
course  of  study  embraces  Chemistry,  Materia  Medica,  Physiology, 
Theory  and  Practice,  Surgery,  Anatomy  and  Obstetrics,  and  clinical 
instruction  is  given  in  the  Cincinnati  Hospital.  The  Winter  Sessions 
begin  on  the  4th  of  October;  the  Spring,  on  the  1st  of  February.  The 


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85 


fees,  including  matriculation,  tuition,  and  demonstrator's  ticket,  are 
$70;  and  a  certificate  of  scholarship  is  issued  for  $125,  entitling  the 
holder  to  attend  any  number  of  courses  previous  to  matriculation. 


THE   ECLECTIC    MEDICAL   INSTITUTE. 


The  Ohio  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  on  College  Street,  be- 
tween Sixth  and  Seventh  Streets,  gives  the  student  every  opportunity 
of  becoming  versed  in  scientific  and  practical  dentistry.  There  are 


8(>  KENNY'S  ILL  VSTRA  TED  CINCINNA  Tf. 


chairs  in  Anatomy,  Physiology  and  Histiology,  Pathology  and 
Therapeutics,  Operative  Dentistry,  Hygiene  and  Microscopy,  Chemis- 
try, Clinical  Dentistry,  Mechanical  Dentistry,  and  Practical  Anatomy. 
In  the  operating  rooms  of  the  clinical  department,  at  which  one  or 
more  of  the  Faculty  attend  daily,  each  student  is  provided  in  the  in- 
firmary with  a  locked  case  or  drawer  for  his  instruments,  and  all 
materials  and  appliances  for  the  infirmary  are  supplied  gratuitously. 
The  following  is  the  scale  of  fees:  Matriculation  fee,  $5;  Professors' 
tickets  for  one  session,  $100,  or  for  Winter  and  Spring  terms,  $130; 
Demonstrator's  ticket  (for  Anatomy),  $5;  Diploma  fee,  $30. 

Candidates  for  graduation  must  have  two  full  years  of  pupilage, 
part  of  which  must  be  with  a  dental  practitioner,  and  two  complete 
courses  of  lectures  in  the  Dental  College. 

Cincinnati  Ophthalmic  and  Aural  Institute,  corner  of 
Mound  and  Seventh  Streets.  Established  in  1873.  In  the  Winter  of 
1874  a  large  class  of  medical  students  availed  themselves  of  the  op- 
portunity to  attend  the  daily  clinic.  Nearly  every  possible  variety  of 
disease  in  this  department  was  presented,  and  besides  the  clinical  in- 
struction given,  a  systematic  course,  consisting  of  over  forty  lectures  on 
the  eye  and  ear,  was  given.  The  Cincinnati  Ophthalmic  and  Aural 
Institute  is  a  Homoeopathic  institution.  Office  hours  for  pay-patients, 
from  9  A.  M.  to  12  M. ;  for  charity-patients,  2  o'clock  daily. 

The  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy,  located  at  195  West 
Fifth  Street.  The  course  of  lectures  commences  in  October  of  each 
year.  76  students  attended  in  1874.  The  instruction  includes  a  prac- 
tical laboratory  course.  The  lectures  consist  of  instructions  in  weigh- 
ing and  measuring,  and  their  systems  as  authorized  by  the  United 
States  and  British  Pharmacopoeia;  and  Specific  Gravity.  The  ma- 
nipulationof  pulverization,  nitration,  solution,  maceration^percolation, 
crystallization,  the  management  of  heat,  the  water,  sand,  and  steam 
baths,  the  processes  of  evaporation  and  distillation  described  and 
illustrated  by  apparatus  and  diagrams.  Prizes  are  given  each  year. 
Fees,  Matriculation,  $5.00;  professors'  tickets,  each,  $10;  graduation 
fee,  $10. 


THE  LIBRARIES. 

The  Public  Library — a  handsome  stone-front  and  fire-proof 
building  upon  Vine  Street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh,  is  one  of  the 
finest  and  largest  structures  in  the  city,  and  complete  in  all  its 


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INTERIOR   PUBLIC   LIBRARY. 


88 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


appointments. 


Almost   unrivaled,  however,  as  it   now  is,  it  sprang 

from  very  small  be- 
ginnings. In  1844 
small  public-school 
libraries  were  scat- 
tered through  the 
-  city;  in  1855  these 
were  collected  and 
placed  in  the  rooms 
of  the  Board  of 
Education.  In 
1856  a  partial 
union  was  effected 
with  the  Library  of 
the  Mechanics'  In- 
.  stitute,  and  the 
books  transferred 
to  its  shelves.  It 
was  in  that  vear 

s 

that  the  determina- 
tion was  reached  to 
levy  the  legal  tax 
of  one-tenth  of  a 
mill  for  public- 
library  purposes, 
and  it  was  soon 
evident  that  the 
volumes  w  o  u  1  d 
now  outgrow  their 
allotted  space.  In 
September,  1868, 
the  purchase  of  the 
present  lot.  with 
e  commencement 
of  a  building  then 
intended  for  an 
opera-house,  was 
consummated.  The 
lot  is  80  feet  in  front 
by  190  in  depth, 
running  back  from 


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89 


Vine  Street  to  College  Street.  The  price  paid  for  the  lot  was 
$86,910,  and  when  the  Library  was  formally  opened,  on  the  26th  of 
February,  1874,  the  total  cost  of  the  building  was  $296,684.5,°,.  Since 
that  time  various  improvements  have  been  made,  so  that  the  grand 
total  for  site  and  Library  is  a  little  over  $400,000. 

The  Library  still  preserves  one  feature  of  its  origin,  as  it  is  gov- 
erned by  a  committee  of  seven  members  appointed  from  the  Board  of 
Public  Education. 

On  one  side  of  the  entrance  hall  is  the  Librarian's  room,  on  the 
other  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Education.  Then,  passing 
through  a  large  and  hand- 
some delivery-room,  the 
consulting  and  reading- 
room  is  reached.  All 
round  it,  from  the  floor  to 
the  roof,  run,  tier  above 
tier,  large  alcoves  shelved 
for  the  books.  Of  these 
alcoves,  there  are  13  in  the 
lower  range  and  20  in  the 
four  upper,  thus  making 
93  in  all.  Up-stairs  is  the 
newspaper-room,  in  which 
178  journals,  including  6 
French  and  30  German, 
are  taken ;  the  periodical- 
room,  where  343  native 
and  foreign  periodicals 
are  regularly  taken;  and  still  higher  up  the  art-room,  the  office  of  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Public-schools,  and,  yet  higher,  rooms  for  bind- 
ing and  other  purposes. 

The  number  of  volumes  in  the  Library  in  all  languages  and  on  all 
topics  was,  at  the  end  of  June  last,  71,048,  and  among  them  a  special 
collection  of  4,000  medical  works.  During  the  last  year  437,478  per- 
sons have  visited  the  Library,  not  including  an  average  of  600  who 
have  daily  attended  the  newspaper-room  during  the  few  months  in 
which  it  has  been  opened.  In  the  same  period  292,621  volumes  have 
been  taken  by  book  borrowers.  The  Library  is  open  every  day  of  the 
year  from  8  A.  M.  to  10  P.  M.,  and  its  services  are  performed  by  a 
Librarian,  with  a  corps  of  35  assistants,  and  5  engineers  and  janitors. 
Its  use  is  free  to  all  residents,  and  its  cost  defrayed  by  a  tax  of  one- 


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90 


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tenth  of  a  mill  on  (he  dollar.     The  shelves  of  the  Library  are  suffi- 
cient to  contain  300,000  volumes. 

The  Young  Men's  Mercantile  Library  Association  has 
its  home  in  a  large,  handsomely  frescoed  room  on  the  second  story  of 
the  College  Buildings,  on  Walnut  Street,  opposite  the  Gibson  House. 
It  was  founded  in  1835,  and  supported  by  a  fee  for  membership  of  five 

dollars  a  year 
and  the  interest 
of  an  endowment 
fund.  There  are 
now  2,493  active 
members,  and, 
adding  the  life 
and  perpetual 
members,  a  total 
of  2,726.  The 
number  of  bound 
volumes  is  36,- 
899,  and  the  cir- 
culation during 
the  year  1874 
was  56,256.  In 
the  department 
allotted  to  peri- 
od i  c  a  1  s  and 
newspapers  105 
of  the  former, 
and  163  of  the 
latter,  are  sub- 
scribed for  and 
on  file.  The 
room  is  orna- 
mented with  four  portraits  in  oil,  twelve  pieces  of  statuary,  medal- 
lions, and  photographs.  The  Library  is  open  every  day  of  the  week, 
Sundays  included. 

Other  Libraries.  The  Law  Library,  in  the  Court-house,  on 
Main  Street,  was  founded  in  1847,  and  contains  7,600  volumes.  The 
Mechanics'  Institute,  in  their  reading-room  on  Sixth  Street,  near 
Vine,  have  about  2,000  volumes,  and  60  periodicals  are  taken.  The 
Philosophical  and  Historical  Society  has  4,500  bound  volumes,  and 
12,000  pamphlets  and  unbound  books. 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  91 


THE  MUSICAL  ORGANIZATIONS. 

The  Cincinnati  Maennerchor  is  the  oldest  musical  society  in 
the  city,  organized  June  24,  1857,  by  the  union  of  the  three  then  exist- 
ing societies;  namely,  the  Liedertafel,  Saengerbund,  and  Germania. 
In  1859  the  society  was  greatly  strengthened  by  a  union  with  the 
"Lese  u nd  Bildungs  Verein,"  a  German  literary  society,  which,  besides 
pecuniary  aid,  brought  with  it  a  library  numbering  3,500  volumes; 
this  has  now  been  increased  to  about  5,000  volumes.  In  1860  the 
opera  "  Czar  and  Zinmiermann "  was  produced  with  but  one  female 
voice,  that  of  the  prima  donna,  inasmuch  as  the  society  was  still  what 
its  name  indicates,  a  male  chorus.  Immediately  thereafter  lady  mem- 
bers were  admitted,  and  Flotow's  "Stradella"  was  given,  and  "Czar 
and  Zimmermann"  repeated  with  a  mixed  chorus.  These  operas  were 
followed  by  "  Freischutz,"  "Nacbtlager  auf  Granada,"  "Massaniello," 
"La  Dame  Blanche,"  "Undine,"  and  "Oberon."  The  operas 
"Zampa"  and  "The  Poachers"  were  studied,  but  their  production  by 
the  society  prevented  by  the  withdrawal  of  a  number  of  the  active 
members,  who  organized  the  Orpheus. 

Since  then  the  society  has  confined  itself  to  the  proper  sphere  of  a 
choral  organization,  and  has  studied  oratorio  and  the  higher  forms  of 
German  Volkslied. 

The  Orpheus. — The  Orpheus  originated  in  the  contentions  of  the 
Maennerchor.  On  the  4th  of  April,  1868,  a  misunderstanding  regard- 
ing the  propriety  of  losing  time  and  money  in  the  production  of 
operas  culminated  in  the  withdrawal  of  forty-five  active  members, 
and  their  resolution  to  organize  a  new  musical  society.  The  first  step 
was  followed  by  most  decisive  and  energetic  action,  for  within  ten  days 
the  list  of  members  numbered  255.  Of  these,  140  were  passive  and  115, 
including  the  orchestra,  active  members.  The  increase  in  passive 
members  has  been  steadily  kept  up,  and  they  now  number  over  600. 
At  the  last  concert  of  the  society,  112  active  members  participated; 
namely,  78  in  the  chorus,  and  34  in  the  amateur  orchestra. 

The  St.  Cecilia  Maennerchor. — In  May,  1867,  some  disagree- 
ment in  the  choir  of  St.  Mary's  German  Catholic  Church,  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Thirteenth  and  Clay  Streets,  resulted  in  its  disruption  and  the 
formation  of  the  St.  Cecilia  Maennerchor  by  the  male  members. 
These  were  twelve  in  'number.  The  Society  has  lately  admitted  lady 
members,  taken  for  the  greater  part  from  the  various  German  Cath- 


92  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED   CINCINNATI. 


olic  choirs.  Its  execution  of  the  higher  standard  of  mass  music,  in 
particular,  is  excellent. 

The  G-ermania  Maennerchor. — Jealousies  and  contentions  in 
the  Maennerchor  caused  the  withdrawal  of  eight  members  from  that 
society  in  July,  1872.  Kelying  solely  upon  their  own  ability,  the 
double  quartet  organized  the  present  Gerniania  Maennerchor  on 
July  25,  1872.  The  society  which  started  out  with  eight  voices,  one 
passive  member,  and  no  funds,  is  become  one  of  the  most  prosper- 
ous musical  organizations  in  the  city.  Owing  to  a  rule,  stringently 
adhered  to,  to  accept  no  members  save  in  complete  quartets  with 
unexceptionable  voices,  the  active  members  have  not  greatly  increased 
in  number,  being  now  16,  but  the  passive  list  has  grown  from  1  to 
over  200. 

In  addition  to  these  societies  there  are  about  a  dozen  in  this  city  of 
minor  importance.  Among  them  are  the  Haru  Gari,  Druid,  Odd-fel- 
lows, Turner,  Swiss,  and  Helvetia  Maennerchors,  the  Liedertafel,  and 
Saengerbund. 

The  Harmonic  Society  is  the  leading  choral  organization  in 
the  city,  and  now  numbers  300  active  members.  It  was  founded  in 
1859,  and  has  formed  the  nucleus  of  the  choirs  of  the  May  Musical 
Festivals.  Some  knowledge  of  music  and  the  possession  of  a  voice  of 
some  culture  are  requisite  for  active  membership,  but  honorary  niein- 
'  bers  are  admitted  by  a  subscription  of  $5  per  annum.  The  society 
practices  at  the  Melodeon  Hall,  at  north-west  corner  Fourth  and  Wal- 
nut Streets. 

The  Cincinnati  Orchestra  was  organized  in  1872,  and  is 
chiefly  devoted  to  the  cultivation  of  classical  music.  In  that  year  it 
gave  its  first  series  of  concerts  at  Pike's  Hall.  Two  of  these  were  in 
the  evening.  The  Orchestra  then  numbered  36  men;  in  1873  it  con- 
sisted of  40,  and  in  1874  of  47  men.  The  first  season  entailed  a  finan- 
cial loss,  but  the  managers  persevered,  and  last  season  reimbursed 
them.  The  additions  to  the  original  ranks  have  been  made  from 
among  the  best  musicians  in  the  East,  who  have  been  induced  to  settle 
here.  Concerts  are  given  every  season  at  Pike's  Hall,  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Orchestra  are  combined  with  the  Thomas  Orchestra  for  the 
May  Musical  Festival. 

The  Church  Choirs. — Cincinnati  is  noted  for  the  excellence  of 
her  choirs.  The  following  are  exceptionally  good  :  the  best  is  that  of 
the  Catholic  Cathedral,  on  Plum  near  Eighth  Street,  and  perhaps  the 
next  that  of  St.  Francois  Xavier,  on  Sycamore  between  Sixth  and 
Seventh.  The  choirs  of  the  Jewish  Synagogue,  at  the  corner  of  Eighth 


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and  Plum,  and  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  on  Fifth  between  Smith  and 
Mound,  and  of  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  on  Fourth 
Street,  between  Main  and  Walnut  Streets,  are  very  excellent.  The  choir 
at  St.  Paul's  Methodist  Church  is  large  and  strong,  and  in  many  of  the 
German  churches  "  over  the  Rhine  "  the  music  is  very  good. 

Conservatories  of  Music.  There  are  two  in  Cincinnati — one 
on  John  Street,  near  Fourth,  the  other  on  Seventh  Street,  near  Vine. 
A  large  corps  of  teachers  are  engaged  in  both  establishments,  and  Cin- 
cinnati is  very  rich  in  musical  schools  and  teachers  of  music  of  both 
sexes. 

The  Bands  of  Cincinnati  are  very  numerous  and  well-trained. 
Several  of  the  military  companies  possess  one  of  their  own,  the 
Turnverein  has  one,  and  others  are  frequently  formed  by  different 
societies  in  different  parts  of  the  city.  The  band  stationed  at  the 
Newport  Barracks  is  often  called  upon  for  service  in  the  citv. 
Three  of  the  principal  local  bands  are  Brand's  Reed  Band,  which  orig- 
inated with  some  of  the  members  of  the  Cincinnati  Orchestra,  and  the 
brass  bands  of  Messrs.  Currier  and  Seidensticker.  During  the  last 
Summer  these  bands  have  played  every  week  in  the  open  air  in  the 
Burnet  Wood's  Park.  They  are  chiefly  relied  upon  for  the  njusic 
at  the  Exposition. 


THE  CLUB  HOUSES. 

The  Cuvier  Club  of  Cincinnati,  at  202  West  Fourth  Street, 
sprang  from  a  small  association  of  gentlemen,  and  was  thoroughly 
organized  as  a  club  in  1874.  Its  object  is  to  preserve,  protect,  and 
increase  the  game  and  fish  of  Ohio,  to  enforce  the  laws  concerning 
them,  and  to  promote  and  advance  field  sports.  Its  officers  are  a 
president,  3  vice-presidents,  a  corresponding  secretary,  a  recording  sec- 
retary, and  a  treasurer.  There  are  four  hundred  members,  each  pay- 
ing an  annual  subscription  of  $10.  The  Club  has  two  rooms,  one  for 
business  meetings,  and  the  other  used  as  a  club-room.  There  are  also 
cashing  rooms  and  a  closet  containing  lockers  for  such  members  as 
may  desire  one.  The  Club-room  contains  cases  filled  with  beautifully 
stuffed,  and  in  some  instances  very  rare  specimens  of,  game  birds  from 
Europe  and  America,  the  wild  turkey,  the  grouse,  and  quail  tribes, 
etc.,  being  very  fully  represented.  There  are  four  cases  containing  70 
birds  from  Florida  alone,  and  one  case  is  filled  with  Ohio  and  Florida 
fish.  The  tables  are  covered  with  all  the  best  English  and  American 


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sporting  papers  and  the  volumes  of  Congressional  reports  referring  to 
Ornithology  and  Ichthyology. 

The  Phoenix  Club,  one  of  the  handsomest  in  the  West,  has  its 
rooms  in  its  own  building  at  the  corner  of  Central  Avenue  and  Court 
Street.  It  was  founded  on  the  1st  May,  1856,  by  an  association  of  30 
members.  Their  rooms  were  then  on  Walnut  Street,  but  in  March, 
1874,  they  moved  into  their  present  beautiful  club-house,  the  cost  of 
which  was  $60,000.  There  are  two  hundred  members  paying  an  annual 
subscription  of  $60  each.  There  are  12  large  rooms,  besides  dressing- 
rooms,  very  richly  furnished,  comprising  reading-rooms,  supper-rooms, 
billiard-rooms,  ball-rooms,  and  a  library.  Twenty-five  foreign  and 
domestic  journals  are  taken,  and  during  the  Winter  entertainments 
are  given  weekly.  Ladies,  the  wives,  sisters,  and  daughters  of  the  mem- 
bers, are  then  admitted.  A  large  hall,  with  a  fine  stage  and  a  perfect  col- 
lection of  theatrical  properties,  is  admirably  adapted  for  music,  opera, 
and  dancing.  The  dressing-rooms  are  perfectly  finished,  and  every 
thing  arranged  with  the  utmost  attention  to  harmony  and  elegance. 

The  Allemania,  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Walnut  Streets,  is 
one  of  the  prettiest  clubs  in  the  West.  It  was  founded  in  December, 
1849,  by  a  few  members,  with  but  scanty  accommodations.  For  some 
time  the  club-rooms  were  at  the  corner  of  Sixth  and  Main,  but  12 
years  ago  the  members,  now  200  in  number,  moved  to  their  present 
quarters.  Seven  years  ago  the  premises  we're  repaired  and  orna- 
mented, at  a  cost  of  $28,000.  There  are  supper-rooms,  billiard-rooms, 
ball-rooms,  drawing-rooms  for  both  ladies  and  gentlemen,  and  the 
ladies  of  the  members'  families  are  privileged  visitors  at  all  hours  of 
the  day,  and  find  the  club  a  pleasant  resort  in  all  seasons.  A  masquer- 
ade ball  is  given  once  a  year,  and  the  amateur  dramatic  and  musical 
performances  in  the  Melodeon  Hall,  the  private  theater  of  the  club, 
are  among  the  best  in  the  city.  The  subscription  is  $3  a  month,  and 
$25  admission. 

The  Eureka,  at  the  north-east  corner  of  Walnut  and  Ninth 
Streets,  was  founded  in  1867,  and  after  a  stay  of  some  six  months  at 
the  corner  of  Seventh  and  Gario  Streets,  established  itself  in  its  present 
quarters  in  1868.  The  club-house  is  75  feet  fronting  on  Walnut 
Street  and  108  on  Ninth.  It  is  four  stories  high.  The  ground-floor  is 
let  for  business  purposes,  and  the  seven  large  and  beautifully  fur- 
nished rooms  occupied  by  the  club  are  devoted  to  dramatic,  musical, 
and  social  reunions.  The  subscription  is  $36  a  year.  The  club  has 
a  bowling-alley  and  billiard-rooms,  and  rooms  excellently  appointed 
for  balls,  reading-rooms,  and  suppers. 


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The  Queen  City  Club  temporarily  occupies  a  room  on  the 
ground-floor  of  the  Grand  Hotel,  but  in  about  July,  1876,  will  move 
into  its  building  now  in  course  of  erection  at  the  south-west  corner 
Seventh  and  Elni  Streets.  The  Club  is  incorporated,  and  was  organ- 
ized in  1874.  The  authorized  capital  is  $150,000,  divided  into  shares 
of  $250  each.  There  are  now  435  members,  and  the  number  is  limited 
to  500.  New  members  must  be  proposed  and  seconded,  their  names 
posted  on  the  bulletin  board  for  7  days,  and  then  balloted  for  in  the 
Board  of  Directors,  of  whom  there  are  15.  Three  black  balls  exclude. 
The  members  are  very  generally  composed  of  the  leading,  most  active, 
and  intelligent  gentlemen  of  Cincinnati,  drawn  from  the  upper  ranks 
of  commercial  and  professional  society. 


THE  BOAT  CLUBS. 

The  Cincinnati  Boat  Club  was  organized  in  1872,  and  now 
numbers  18  active  and  10  honorary  members.  Its  boat-house — 56  feet 
by  20 — is  in  Newport,  close  to  the  Licking  River  Suspension  Bridge. 
The  Club  owns  one  four-oared  paper  shell,  42J  feet  long  by  19J  inches 
wide,  and  five  single  cedar  sculling  boats.  The  Club  practices, 
weather  permitting,  every  evening. 

The  Americus  Boat  Club  was  organized  in  1874.  Its  boat  is 
kept  at  the  Floating  Bath-house,  at  the  foot  of  Broadway.  It  is  a 
four-oared  paper  shell,  41  feet  long  by  16  inches  wide.  There  are  40 
members. 

The  Dauntless  Boat  Club  also  keeps  its  boat— a  four-oared 
cedar  shell,  40  feet  long  by  18  inches  wide,  at  the  Bath-house.  There 
are  12  members.  During  the  season  there  are  several  races  between 
the  local  Clubs  and  competitors  from  other  cities  and  villages. 


GYMNASTIC  ASSOCIATIONS. 

The  Gymnasium,  on  Fourth  Street,  between  Kace  and  Vine 
Streets,  was  founded  in  1853,  and  incorporated  in  1859.  It  is  a 
voluntary  Association,  having  for  its  object  the  promotion  of  physical 
culture.  Its  government  is  controlled  by  a  President  and  Board  of 
.Directors,  elected  by  the  members  at  large.  The  Gymnasium  j>os- 


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sesses  an  exercise  hall  60  by  100  feet,  with  a  ceiling  35  feet  in  height, 
thus  forming  one  of  the  finest  rooms  for  gymnastic  purposes  in  the 

United  States. 
This  hall  is  ' 
furnished  with 
all  of  the  ap- 
p a r a t u s  re- 
quisite in  a 
first-class 
gymnasium. 
There  are  17 
large  bath- 
rooms for  the 
use  of  the 
members;  also 
a  reading- 
room.  The 
act n  al  num- 
ber of  members 
is  -1,050.  The 
price  of  ad- 
mission for  one 
year  is  $10. 
Strangers  are 
invited  to  visit 
the  establish- 
ment at  any 
time  from  8  A. 
M.  till  10  P.M. 

The  Turnverein  of  Cincinnati  was  founded  in  1848,  and  its 
present  hall,  at  Nos.  513  to  519  Walnut  Street,  between  Allison  and 
Mary  Streets,  built  in  1859,  at  a  cost  of  $35,000.  It  is  three  stories  in 
height.  The  front  rooms  on  the  ground-floor  are  rented  for  business 
purposes ;  in  the  rear  is  the  Turner  Hall  proper,  or  gymnasium,  53 
feet  in  length  by  48  in  width.  It  is  fitted  out  with  parallel  bars, 
swinging  bars,  and  complete  apparatus,  so  arranged  that  a  sufficient 
space  in  the  center  is  left  for  military  drill.  The  gymnasts  are  divided 
into  three  classes:  one,  of  60  members,  consisting  of  all  over  18  years 
of  age;  their  nights  for  exercise  are  Wednesday  and  Friday;  one  of 
70  members,  of  youths  between  14  and  18;  and  one  of  220  children 
below  14,  who  may  be  trained  every  evening.  On  the  second  floor  is 


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the  German  Theater,  open  on  Sunday  and  Friday  avenings  from  late 
in  the  Fall  to  early  in  the  Spring.  It  is  capable  of  seating  1,800  spec- 
tators, and  is  divided  into  Parquette,  Dress  Circle,  and  Gallery. 
During  the  Summer,  and  on  other  days  of  the  week,  it  is  used  for 
concerts  and  other  exhibitions.  The  third  floor  contains  the  Concert 
Eoorn  proper,  and  also  rooms  for  business,  for  the  directors,  etc.  Con- 
nected with  the  Turnverein  is  a  Turner  Cadet  Corps,  60  strong,  and 
drilling  in  the  building;  a  Turner  Band,  of  18  instruments;  and  a 
Singing  Choir,  of  25  voices.  There  are  450  members — many  of  them 
honorary — and  the  fees  of  the  paying  members  are  50  cents  a  month. 

The  Floating  Bath  is  moored  about  50  feet  out  in  the  river,  at 
the  foot  of  Broadway.  It  also  serves  as  a  boat-house,  and  there  are 
bedrooms  fitted  up  for  the  employees.  The  public  swimming  place  is 
40  by  85  feet,  with  66  dressing  rooms.  The  water  itself  is.  20  by  70 
feet,  and  4J  feet  deep.  There  are  10  separate  bath-rooms,  the  water 
being  3|  feet  deep.  The  swimming  school  is  30  by  40  feet,  with  14 
dressing-rooms;  the  water  itself  is  20  feet  square  and  3f  deep.  A 
teacher  is  always  in  attendance.  The  price  of  a  season  ticket  is  $5  ; 
of  a  single  bath,  15  cents.  An  average  of  nearly  700  bathe  daily 
during  the  Summer  months. 


SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

The  Masonic  Temple,  on  the  north-east  corner  of  Third  and 
Walnut  Streets,  is  one  of  the  finest  buildings  in  the  city.  Its  massy 
stone  front  extends  115  feet  on  its  southern,  and  66  feet  on  its  western, 
flank.  From  base  to  roof  it  is  80  feet  in  height.  Its  style  is  Eliza- 
bethan Gothic.  The  lower  story  is  let  for  business  purposes,  and  up- 
stairs there  are  numbers  of  handsome  law  offices.  The  front  is  divided 
by  buttresses,  2  feet  face  and  8  inches  in  projection,  running  above  the 
battlements.  The  windows  to  the  Central  Hall  are  16  feet  high, 
heavily  mullioned,  and  surrounded  by  hoods  of  fine  cut  stone.  The 
center  of  the  west  front  is  gabled,  with  a  shield  in  the  center,  bearing 
a  monogram.  The  main  hall  in  the  second  story  is  designed  for 
public  assemblies,  and  is  51  by  120  feet,  with  an  orchestra  in  the  east 
end.  The  third  story  is  occupied  by  the  hall  for  the  use  of  the  several 
Lodges  of  the  city,  together  with  the  Chapter,  Council,  and  Encamp- 
ment. The  Chapter  room  proper  is  51  feet  square  by  23  feet  high. 
The  furniture  is  of  mahogany,  with  Gothic  open  panel-work  on  a  rich 

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crimson  satin  ground; 
that  of  the  Masonic  hall 
bronzed,  with  blue  satin. 
A  new  and  beautiful  organ 
has  lately  been  built,  and 
the  hall  is  lighted  by  seven 
Gothic  chandeliers  of  con- 
spicuous beauty. 

The  Odd  -  fellows' 
Hall  of  Cincinnati  is  built 
upon  their  own  property, 
on  Fourth  Street,  on  the 
north-east  corner  of  Home. 
The  building  is  50  feet 
front  by  100  feet  deep,  and 
was  built  in  1871,  at  a  total 
cost  of  $70,000,  not  in- 
cluding the  grounds.  The 
lower  floors  are  occupied 
by  the  Mutual  Benefit  Life 
Insurance  Company.  On 
the  third  floor  are  three 
anterooms,  a  reception- 
room,  and  the  Lodge-room. 
On  this  floor  also  is  the  red 
room,  or  degree-room.  The 
furniture  is  very  handsome — on  the  third  floor,  walnut;  on  the 
fourth,  oak.  The  principal  Lodge-rooms  are  50  by  47J  feet,  and 
beautifully  furnished.  The  carpets  and  curtains,  and  every  article 
of  textile  manufacture,  were  imported  from  Europe.  The  Odd- 
fellows, in  the  spirit  of  good  fellowship,  rent  their  rooms,  upon  even- 
ings not  required  for  their  own  purposes,  to  other  Societies  advocat- 
ing kindred,  if  not  similar,  aims. 

The  offices  of  the  Mutual  Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company,  of 
Newark,  N.  J.,  which  are  on  the  second  floor  of  the  building,  are 
elegantly  furnished  en  suite.  They  include  the  general  counting  room, 
the  Agent's  private  offices,  and  the  office  of  the  Solicitors  and  other 
employees  of  the  Company.  This  institution  may  be  termed  almost  a 
Cincinnati  one,  on  account  of  the  large  number  of  members  it  has  in 
the  community.  In  1875  there  were  3,000  members  of  the  Company 
resident  in  the  city.  Its  total  receipts  in  Cincinnati  amounted  to 


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99 


$250,000,  and 
the  dividends 
declared  to 
the  members 
was  equal  to 
50  per  cent. 
This  agency 
was  estab- 
lished in  the 
year  1846,  and 
they  have  been 
in  the  Odd- 
fellows' build- 
ing since  1872. 

The  Im- 
proved Or- 
der of  Red 
M  e  r^  of 
which  there 
are  six  tribes 
in  Cincinnati, 
meets  weekly, 
at  their  two 
halls,  o'ne  on 
the  north- 
west corner 
of  Sixth 
and  Walnut 
Streets,  the  other  on  the  south-east  corner  of  Main  and  Court  Streets. 

The  Heptasophs  meet  on  the  second  and  fourth  Sunday  even- 
ing of  each  month,  at  the  Debolt  Exchange. 

The  Independent  Order  of  Benai  Berith  has  five  Lodges, 
and  meet  weekly,  at  their  room,  corner  of  Fifth  Street  and  Central 
Avenue. 

The  Druids  have  nine  Groves  and  Chapters,  and  nieet  weekly,  at 
the,  hall  on  Court  Street,  between  Main  and  Walnut. 

The  Sons  of  Temperance  meet  annually,  semi-annually,  and 
bimonthly,  at  Odd-fellows'  Hall. 

The  Independent  Order  of  G-ood  Templars  lias  four 
Lodges,  and  meets  weekly,  at  the  following  points?:  On  Thursday 
evening,  at  Templars'  Hall,  East  Front  Street;  on  Monday,  at  the 


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1 00  KENNY'S  ILL  US  TEA  TED  CINCINNA  TI. 


school-house  on  Seventh  Street,  east  of  Broadway ;  on  Saturday,  at  the 
north-west  corner  of  Eighth  and  Freeman  Streets;  on  Thursday,  at 
Ivy  Lodge,  south-east  corner  of  Fourth  and  Vine  Streets. 


THE  MILITARY  ORGANIZATIONS. 

THE  military  organizations  of  Cincinnati,  organized  under  the 
State  Statute  providing  for  militia  companies,  are  7  in  number. 
The  law  requires  40  men  under  arms  for  each;  but  most,  if  not  all, 
the  city  companies  exceed  the  prescribed  limit. 

Company  B,  the  oldest,  in  the  First  Battalion  of  the  Ohio 
National  Guards,  called  the  Lytle  Grays,  in  honor  of  Major-General 
Lytle,  killed  at  Chichamauga,  was  formed  in  August,  1868,  and  has 
drilled  constantly  ever  since.  Their  drill  night  is  Wednesday  of  each 
week.  Their  armory  is  at  Nos.  357  and  359  Central  Avenue. 

Company  C,  "The  Cincinnati  Light  Guard,"  was  formed  in 
1868  as  a  company  of  the  Zouave  Battalion.  It  assumed  its  present 
name  in  1872.  It  meets  for  drill  every  Monday  night.  Its  armory  is 
at  the  south-west  corner  Eighth  Street  and  Central  Avenue. 

Company  D,  "  The  Queen  City  Guards,"  was  formed  in  1874.  It 
meets  for  drill  every  Tuesday  night.  Its  armory  is  at  the  south- 
west corner  Eighth  Street  and  Central  Avenue. 

Company  E,  uThe  Harrison  Light  Guards,"  was  also  formed  in 
1874.  It  meets  for  drill  every  Tuesday  and  Friday  night.  Its  ar- 
mory is  at  Harrison,  Ohio. 

The  Sinton  Cadets  were  formed  last  Spring.  The  corps  is 
composed  of  pupils  of  the  Intermediate  and  High  Schools.  The  com- 
pany meets  for  drill,  under  a  competent  instructor,  every  Tuesday  and 
Friday  evenings.  The  armory  is  at  the  south-west  corner  Eighth 
Street  and  Central  Avenue. 

The  Cincinnati  Jaeger  Company  was  formed  this  year.  It 
meets  for  drill  every  Tuesday  evening.  The  armory  is  at  the  south- 
east corner  Vine  and  Mercer  Streets. 

The  Camp  "Washington  Dragoons  was  also  formed  this 
year.  It  drills  weekly,  and  its  head-quarters  are  at  the  Halfway 
House,  Camp  Washington. 

In  addition  to  these  regularly  organized  bodies,  there  are  several 
private  volunteer  companies,  such  as  the  Turnverein  Cadets  and 
others.  Most  of  them  are  in  a  high  state  of  efficiency. 


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THE  CHURCHES. 

St.  Peter's  Cathedral  (Catholic)  fronts  on  Plum  Street,  be- 
tween Seventh  and  Eighth.  Its  dimensions  are  190  by  87  feet.  The 
style  of  architecture  is  Corinthian,  and  its-. several  proportions  the 
most  harmo- 
nious in  the 
city.  Corner- 
stone was  laid 
in  1839 ;  con- 
secrated  in 
1844— Car- 
dinal M'Clos- 
k  e  y ,  then 
Bishop  of  Al- 
bany, preach- 
ing the  dedi- 
cation ser- 
mon. Cost 
o  f  building 
when  roofed, 
not  includ- 
ing the  por- 
tico or  spire, 
was  $90,000; 
but  it  is  now 
valued  at 
$250,000,  ex- 
clusive of 
the  ground. 
There  are 
seats  for 
1,300,  but  the 
aisles  are 
also  gener- 
ally filled.  The  choir  consists  of  fifteen  paid  and  unpaid  members, 
and  the  organ  has  two  banks  of  keys  and  twenty-four  stops. 
The  services  are  performed  by  five  priests.  The  Cathedral  is  very 
rich  in  pictures,  some  of  them  possessing  great  historic,  as  well  as 


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102  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


artistic,  value.  One  of  the  greatest  is  the  altar-piece,  representing  St. 
Peter  delivered  from  prison.  Its  history  extends  back  to  the  days 
of  the  Peninsular  War.  When  Marshal  Soult  was  in  Spain,  in  com- 
mand of  the  French  troops,  and  found  himself  hard  pressed  by  the 
English  under  Wellington,  he  robbed  many  of  the  churches  and  con- 
vents of  their  noblest  pictures.  Among  others  he  took  four  Murillos 
from  the  Cathedral  at  Seville,  and  on  his  return  to  Paris,  presented 
them  to  Cardinal  Fesch,  Napoleon's  uncle.  In  1824  Bishop  Fenwick, 
the  first  bishop  of  this  diocese,  was  in  Paris,  and  the  Cardinal  pre- 
sented him  with  one  of  these  four  Murillos.  The  Bishop  brought  it 
to  Cincinnati,  and  the  "  St.  Peter  Delivered "  is  now  one  of  the  chief 
glories  of  art  in  America.  Another  beautiful  painting  in  the  southern 
aisle  is  also  due,  indirectly,  to  the  French.  After  the  battle  of  Jena, 
when  Napoleon  was  about  to  occupy  Berlin,  the  best  pictures  of  the 
churches  and  monasteries  were  secreted.  In  1840  a  large  number  of 
them  were  sold,  and  a  gentleman  from  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  became  the 
purchaser  of  two  or  three.  He  shortly  after  wrote  to  Father  Purcell, 
at  the  Cathedral,  offering  to  part  with  one  of  them.  After  a  careful 
examination,  it  was  purchased.  The  painting  represents  the  death  of 
St.  Mary  Magdalene,  in  her  mountain  cave  near  Marseilles.  Her 
brother  Lazarus,  whom  Jesus  raised  from  the  dead,  was  ordained  bishop 
after  the  crucifixion,  and  sent  to  Gaul.  It  was  painted  in  Italy,  in  the 
sixteenth  century,  a  replica  of  the  original  now  in  the  Cathedral  of 
Notre  Dame,  in  Paris.  The  altar  is  of  the  purest  Carrara  marble, 
and  the  two  angels  on  either  side  were  sculptured  by  Powers,  during 
his  residence  in  Florence.  In. the  great  picture  opposite  the  pulpit, 
representing  Christ's  entry  into  Jerusalem,  "sitting  upon  an  ass,  and 
a  colt,  the  foal  of  an  ass,"  Landseer  himself  painted  the  colt,  and 
almost  all  the  figures  are  the  work  of  as  many  different  artists.  Ex- 
tending west  from  the  Cathedral  is  the  beautiful  residence  of  the 
Archbishop.  Under  the  altar  rest  the  remains  of  Father  Stephen 
Badin.  He  was  ordained  in  1795,  being  the  first  priest  ever  ordained 
in  America.  Previous  to  that  time  the  missionaries  were  supplied 
from  abroad. 

St.  Francois  Xavier  Church  is  upon  the  west  side  of  Syca- 
more Street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh.  It  is  70  feet  front,  by  170 
deep.  'The  style  of  architecture  is  the  Perpendicular  Gothic.  The 
steeple  is  now  220  feet  in  height,  and  when  completed  will  be  350. 
The  organ  has  two  banks  of  keys  and  twenty  stops.  The  choir  con- 
sists of  a  paid  quartet  and  several  volunteer  singers.  On  special 
occasions  the  choir  is  largely  increased. 


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103 


St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  on  Fourth  Street,  between  Main 
and  Walnut,  was  chartered  by  special  act  of  the  Legislature  in  1832. 
The  old  church  was  built  a  year  or  two  afterward,  and  the  present 
rebuilt  on  the  old  site  in  1861.  The  lot  covered  by  the  church  is  75 
by  100  feet.  The  architecture  is  Gothic;  the  windows  and  the  doors 
late  Norman.  The  total  seating  capacity  is  735,  and  there  are  400 


ST.    PAUL'S   EPISCOPAL   CHURCH. 

communicants.  The  choir  is  very  excellent,  and  the  organ  has  two 
banks  of  keys  and  forty-four  stops.  The  Sunday-school  is  large,  and 
one  of  the  oldest  in  the  city.  The  officers  pay  particular  attention 
to  the  mission  children  in  the  different  sections  of  the  town.  For 
many  years  the  late  Chief-Justice  Chase  was  the  superintendent. 
The  salary  of  the  rector  is  $4,000  per  annum;  that  of  his  assist- 
ant curate  $1,500.  This  church  is  considered  the  most  fashionable  in 
the  city. 

St.  Paul  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  at  the  corner  of 
Seventh  and  Smith  Streets,  was  opened  in  1870.     The  ground  and 


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building  together  cost  $250,000.  There  are  seats  for  2,000,  but  a 
much  larger  number  have  crowded  the  church  on  special  occasions. 
The  organ  has  two  banks  of  keys  and  twenty-four  sounding  stops. 

The  choir,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  leader  and  or- 
ganist, who  are  paid,  are 
volunteers,  varying  in  num- 
bers from  ten  to  twenty. 
The  church  and  the  parson- 
'age  attached  are  of  Ohio 
blue-stone.  There  are  600 
members,  and  the  pastor's 
salary  is  $4,000  and  the  par- 
sonage. 

The  St.  John's 
Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  on  the  corner  of 
Longworth  and  Park  Streets, 
was  organized  in  October, 
1848.  The  old  church  was 
dedicated  on  the  30th  of 
December,  1849 ;  and  on  the 
21st  of  July,  1871,  the  cor- 
ner-stone of  the  present 
building  was  laid.  The 
architecture  is  called  mod- 
ern Gothic;  the  window  at 
the  north  is,  however,  late 
Early  English,  and  the  win- 
dows at  the  side  modernized 
Norman.  The  church,  exclusive  of  the  lot  —  valued  at  $5,000 — 
was  $25,000.  The  Sunday-school  room  is  a  handsome,  well- 
lighted  apartment  in  the  basement,  and  there  are  now  200  scholars. 
The  church  proper  contains  76  pews,  with  an  average  capacity  of  6  to 
each.  There  are  also  80  seats  in  the  gallery.  There  are  150  mem- 
bers. r  The  building  itself  is  48  feet  by  80,  with  a  height,  from  the 
floor  to  the  apex  of  the  ceiling,  of  70*  feet.  The  ceiling  itself  is  of 
wood,  richly  paneled,  ribbed,  and  molded.  The  windows  are  of 
stained  glass,  and  the  acoustic  properties  very  good.  The  instru- 
mental music  is  rendered  by  a  cabinet  organ.  The  salary  of  the  minis- 
ter is  $1,500  a  year. 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


105 


The  First  Presbyterian  Church,  on  Fourth  Street,  between 
Main  and  TValnut,  is,  owing  to  the  height  of  its  steeple,  one  of  the 
most  easily 
d  i  s  t  inguished 
churches  in 
the  city.  The 
church  was 
built  in  1853, 
at  a  cost  of 
$00,000 ;  and 
the  steeple, -in- 
cluding the 

fee?  hVh- 

that   is,    10 

feet     higher 

than  the  spire 

of     Trinity 

Church,     New 

York.      There 

are      eight 

voices   in    the 

choir,     two 

banks  of  keys 

in   the    organ, 

and  thirty-two 

stops.      The 

Act  incorpora- 

tino1   the  First  ST>  J°HN'S  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 

Presbyterian  Society  was   passed  12th  January,  1807.     The  seating 

capacity  is  for  900  persons,  and  the  number  of  pews,  152.     The  salary 

of  the  pastor  is  $3,000. 

The  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  on  Fifth  Street,  between 
Smith  and  Mound,  was  dedicated  in  1834,  and  rebuilt  in  1852,  at  a 
cost  of  $42,046  for  the  building  alone.  There  are  252  pews,  with  5 
persons  to  each.  The  building  is  70  feet  front  by  170  deep,  with  a 
pastoral  residence  in  rear.  The  organ  has  'three  banks  of  keys  and 
thirty-two  stops.  The  Church  is  served  by  two  priests,  and  is  the 
Catholic  German  Mother  Church  of  Cincinnati. 

The  Church  of  the  Atonement,  on  Third  Street,  between 
Central  Avenue  and  John  Street,  was  built  entirely  through  the  ex- 
9 


106 


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ertion?  of  the  Sisters  of  Mercy.  The  style  of  architecture  is  pure 
Early  English,  and  the  interior  is  said  to  he  one  of  the  handsomest 
in  the  city.  A  chapel  on  the  west  side  of  the  altar  is  railed  off  for 
the  use  of  the  Sisters. 

The  K.  K.  Benai  Jeslmrun,  the  Hebrew  synagogue,  is  on 
Plum  Street,  opposite  the  cathedral.     It  was  built  chiefly  during  the 


THE   HEBREW   SYNAGOGUE. 


war,  at  a  cost  of  $275,000,  and  dedicated  in  1866.  The  style  of  archi- 
tecture is  Moresque,  designed  after  the  Alhambra  at  Granada.  The 
fresco  work,  which  is  very  brilliant  and  beautiful,  was  done  in  1874,  at  a 
cost  of  $9,000.  The  temple  is  lighted  by  one  central  grand  chandelier, 
two  large  and  eight  smaller  ones,  besides  the  lights  on  the  altar  and 
pulpit.  There  are  218  family  pews,  with  a  capacity  of  5  each,  and  80 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


107 


seats  in  the  gallery.  The  organ  has  tjjree  banks  of  keys  and  forty -two 
stops.  There  are  twenty  voices  in  the  choir.  In  the  basement  are  the 
school-rooms,  the  study,  and  the  sexton's  rooms.  The  present  salary 
of  the  rabbi  is,  including  house-rent,  $7,200  a  year,  with  a  paid-up 
policy  of  life  insurance. 

The  K.  K.  Benai  Israel,  the  Hebrew  temple  at  the  corner  of 
Eighth  and  Mound  Streets, 
was  dedicated  on  the  27th 
of  August,  1869.  Its  cost 
was  $180,000.  The  prevail- 
ing style  of  architecture  is 
Moresque,  but  the  pillars 
are  of  a  late  Ionic.  The 
fresco  work  is  very  beauti- 
ful. There  are  182  family 
pews,  with  an  average  capa- 
city of  6  to  each.  The  organ 
has  two  banks  of  keys  and 
thirty  stops.  The  choir  is 
formed  of  a  double  quartet. 
In  the  basement  are  four 
school-rooms  and  the  apart- 
ments of  the  sexton.  .  The 
present  salary  of  the  rabbi 
is  $4,000,  with  a  paid-up 
policy  of  $3,000,  and  a  par- 
sonage connected  with  the 
temple.  The  temple  is 
beautifully  lighted  with 
13  handsome  chandeliers 
and  lights  on  the  pulpit 
and  altar. 

The  Central  Christian  Church,  on  Ninth  Street,  between 
Central  Avenue  and  Plum  Street,  was  first  known  as  the  Sycamore- 
street  Church,  and  then  as  the  Christian  Church  on  Walnut  and 
Eighth  Streets,  built  in  1847.  The  present  church  was  begun  in  August, 
1869,  and  finished  at  a  cost  of  $142,000.  Its  style  is  the  French  Gothic, 
and  the  capitals  and  windows  are  very  beautiful.  The  central  window  of 
the  nave  is  one  of  the  largest  in  America — 24.]  feet  by  51  feet  in  height. 
The  Catherine  wheel,  or  rose  window,  at  its  head,  is  16  feet  in  diame- 
ter. The  nave  itself  is  34  feet  wide  by  125  lon<j,  and  10!)  foot  to  the 


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apex  of  the  roof.  The  aisles  are  18  feet 
wide,  116  feet  long,  and  60  feet  high 
where  they  meet  the  clerestory.  There 
are  800-  members,  and  400  children  at- 
tending the  Sabbath-school  held  in  the 
basement.  The  organ  has  two  banks  of 
keys  and  thirty-six  stops.  There  are 
thirty-five  voices  in  the  choir,  all  volun- 
teers. The  acoustic  properties  are  ex^ 
cellent. 

The  Ninth-stre-et  Baptist 
Church.,  on  the  south  side  of  Ninth, 
between  Vine  and  Race  Streets,  was 
erected  in  1838.  The  building  is  70  feet 


THE   CENTRAL   CHRISTIAN    CHURCH. 


NINTH-STREET    BAPTIST    CHURCH. 

front  and  120  feet  deep.  There 
are  seats  for  900.  The -organ 
has  two  banks  of  keys.  The 
choir  numbers  between  forty 
and  fifty  members,  and  is  the 
best  of  any  of  the  Baptist 
Churches  of  the  city. 

The  First  Congrega- 
tional Church,  on  the 
north-east  corner  of  Plum  and 
Eighth  Streets,  was  organized 
in  1830.  The  present  building 
was  erected  in  1869-70.  The 
church  proper  seats  700,  the 
lecture-room  350.  The  church 


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109 


is  surmounted  by  a  dome, 
and  lighted  from  the  roof. 
There  is  no  minister  at 
present,  but  the  member- 
ship intend  calling  one  in 
a  few  months,  and  offer  a 
salary  of  $3,000. 

The  remaining 
Churches  of  the  city  are 
very  numerous,  and  many 
of  them  handsome.  Some  of 
the  German  churches  over 
the  Rhine  are  very  large, 
and  the  music  excellent. 
The  Presbyterian  church  on 
Broadway,  near  Fourth,  has 
a  finely  proportioned  tower, 
and  another  Presbyterian 
church,  only  lately  finished, 
at  the  corner  of  Elm  and 
Eighth  Streets,  is  an  orna- 
ment to  the  city. 

The  visitor  to  the  city 
will  find  a  localized  list  of 
the  so  -  called  evangelical 
churches  at  the  rooms  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
at  the  corner  of  Elm  and  Sixth  Streets;  and  of  the  Catholic  churches, 
at  the  Catholic  Book-store  of  Benziger  Bros.,  on  Vine  Street,  between 
Fifth  and  Sixth  Streets. 


THE    FIRST   CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH. 


THE  FOUNTAIN. 

THE  noblest  object  of  art  in  Cincinnati,  and  one  of  the  most  beau- 
tiful in  the  United  States,  is  the  Tyler  Davidson  Fountain  upon  the 
Fifth-street  Esplanade,  presented  to  the  people  of  Cincinnati  on  the 
6th  of  October,  1871,  by  Mr.  Henry  Probasco,  as  a  memorial  of  his  late 
brother-in-law,  Mr.  Tyler  Davidson.  The  projected  gift  had  been  for 
years  under  the  consideration  of  the  donor,  but  the  first  public  intima- 
tion of  his  design  was  given  in  a  letter  dated  Palermo,  Sicily,  Feb.  15, 
1867,  and  addressed  to  the  Hon.  Chas.  F.  Wilstach,  then  Mayor  of 


4*5, 


THE  FOUNTAIN'  AS  SEEN  FROM  THE  EAST. 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  Ill 


Cincinnati.  It  is  unnecessary  to  recapitulate  the  manifold  difficulties 
attendant  upon  the  erection  of  the  fountain,  from  the  trouble  of  obtain- 
ing a  suitable  design,  and  legal  questions  involved  in  the  demolition  of 
the  old  market-house,  on  the  site  of  which  the  fountain  now  stands. 
The  illustrations  which  follow  are  the  best  explanations  of  the  artistic 
beauty  of  the  work.  It  was  felt  that  the  genius  of  America  should  be 
represented  by  something  younger,  fresher,  and  more  intrinsically  life- 
like than  the  time-worn  reminiscences  of  the  Neptunes,  the  Tritons, 
and  the  Niobes  of  the  classical,  or  the  Undines  and  Mermaids  of 
Scandinavian  mythology ;  and  when  Mr.  Probasco  visited  Munich  in 
quest  of  a  model,  Herr  Ferdinand  Von  Miiller,  the  Director  of  the 
Koyal  Bronze  foundry  of  Bavaria,  fortunately  recollected  some 
drawings  made  many  years  ago,  in  all  the  vigor  of  his  prime,  by 
August  Von  Kreling,  the  son-in-law  of  Kaulbach,  in  which  all  the 
manifold  uses  and  blessings  of  water  were  symbolized  and  embodied 
in  all  the  practical  exactitude  of  the  new  era  of  artistic  thought. 
The  subjoined  illustrations  show  how  completely  this  idea  has  been 
carried  out. 

The  fountain  was  unveiled  on  the  6th  of  October,  1871,  in  the  pres- 
ence of  tens  of  thousands  of  citizens  and  visitors ;  and  to  aid  .in  com- 
prehending the  magnitude  of  the  structure,  the  following  statistics  of 
size  and  cost  will  be  found  useful :  The  length  of  the  Esplanade  is  400 
feet ;  its  width,  60  feet ;  its  cost,  provided  by  the  city,  was  $75,000 ; 
the  height  of  the  fountain,  above  the  esplanade,  is  38  feet ;  the  exterior 
width  of  the  basin,  43  feet;  the  interior,  38  feet;  the  weight  of  the 
bronze  in  the  fountain  is  24  tons ;  the  height  of  the  Genius  of  Water,  at 
the  summit,  is  9  feet.  On  each  of  the  hands  438  holes  have  been  pierced 
for  water;  namely,  on  the  little  finger,  30;  on  the  ring  finger,  47;  on 
the  middle  finger,  45 ;  on  the  forefinger,  46 ;  on  the  thumb,  22 ;  on  the 
palm,  248.  The  weight  of  each  hand  is  10  pounds;  the  weight  of 
porphyry  in  the  base  and  basin,  85  tons;  and  the  total  cost  of  the 
fountain  itself,  $105,000.  The  cooling  chamber  for  the  water  of  the 
drinking  fountains  is  an  underground  apartment  12  feet  deep  and  10 
feet  square.  Its  walls  are  covered  by  2,000  feet  of  pipe,  and  the  cham- 
ber itself  at 'intervals  filled  with  ice. 

The  rim  of  the  great  circular  basin  and  the  massy  base  of  the 
fountain  are  of  dark  porphyry,  quarried  and  polished  in  Weisenstadt, 
in  Upper  Franconia.  The  bronze  work  is  cast  from  cannon  purchased 
of  the  Danish  Government. 

The  pedestal  itself  is  square,  with  four  representations  in  basso-relievo 
of  four  principal  uses  of  water ;  namely,  steanu  water-power,  naviga- 


112 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


tion,  and  the  fisheries.  The  first  .is  typified  by  workers  in  iron  using 
a  trip-hammer  propelled  by  an  engine  in  the  background;  the  second, 
by  peasants  carrying  corn  to  a  water-mill ;  the  third,  by  a  steamboat 
leaving  the  shore,  lined  by  numbers  waving  their  adieux ;  the  fourth, 
by  merry  groups  of  fishermen  and  children. 

The  first  engraving  represents  a  full  view  of  the  fountain  as  seen 
from  the  east.     The  view  includes  the  lover  basin  and  the  exterior 

figures  which  adorn  the 
drinking  fountains;  also 
the  esplanade  and  trees  bor- 
dering it  on  both  sides,  for 
its  entire  length. 

The  second  engraving 
represents  the  central  fig- 
ure, the  Genius  of  Water — 
a  female  in  heroic  size — 
with  benign  countenance, 
pouring  down  the  longed- 
for  rain  from  hundreds  of 
jets  pierced  in  her  out- 
stretched fingcrn.  The  figure 
is  9  feet  high,  and  weighs  2 
tons. 

The  next  engraving  is 
the  eastern  half  of  the  up- 
per basin.  The  central  figure 
from  this  point  of  view  is  a 
mother,  semi-nude,  leading 
her  half-reluctant  child  to 
the  bath.  The  full  bust  is 
exposed  as  plainly  as  in 
the  well-known  Magdalene 
of  the  great  Italian  master, 
the  chromos  of  which  are  seen  in  almost  every  window,  but  the  coun- 
tenance and  whole  aspect  are  purely  Teutonic.  She  might  have  in- 
deed been  the  very  Thusnelda,  ivhose  love  for  Hermann,  the  great 
conqueror  of  Varro,  and  his  legions,  has  passed  alike  in!o  history  and 
into  song.  Her  right  hand  guides  the  boy,  her  left  still  retains  her 
dress  decently  girded  round  her  waist  and  falling  in  easy  folds  a  little 
below  the  knee.  The  foot  and  more  than  the  ankle  of  the  German 
mother  are  bare,  for  she  must  step  into  the  bath  with  her  son.  He 


THE   GENIUS   OF   WATER. 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


113 


stands  upon  her  right,  his  left  arm  thrown  round  his  mother,  his 
right  hand  clasping  hers.  The  child  is,  of  course,  entirely  nude,  for, 
as  in  the  exquisite  opening  verses  in  Schiller's  "William  Tell,"  a  voice 
is  calling  him  to  the  bath.  The  modeling  of  the  limbs  is  excellent; 
there  is  not  a  single  forced  angle — all  is  rounded,  and  the  curvature 
of  the  outlines  are  singularly  free.  In  this  respect  it  is  superior  to 
the  principal  figure,  in  which  a  severe  criticism  might,  perhaps,  find 
gome  fault  with 
the  slightly  con- 
strained left  arm. 

The  next  illus- 
tration is  of  an 
entirely  different 
character.  That 
upon  the  east  pic- 
tured a  pretty  scene 
of  h  a  p  p  y  home- 
life;  this,  upon  the 
north,  one  of  its 
terrors.  The  roof 
of  the  homestead  is 
on  fire,  and  the 
flames  have  been 
too  strong  for  the 
resistance  of  the  in- 
mates. The  hus- 
band stands  upon 
the  blazing  roof; 
his  last  bucket  of 
water  is  exhausted, 
and  his  only  refuge 
is  in  prayer  to 
Heaven  for  the  rain  which  may,  in  answer  to  his  vows,  descend  in 
*time  to  stay  the  ruin  that  threatens  his  home.  The  attitude  is  ad- 
mirable. It  is  expressive  of  strength  and  resolution ;  but  it  is  strength 
which  feels  that  if  unaided,  further  efforts  will  be  of  no  avail,  and 
resolution  which,  although  undaunted,  finds  itself,  like  the  Prome- 
theus of  ^Eschylus,  in  the  hands  of  Kratos  and  Bia,  under  the  control 
of  a  something  greater  and  mightier  than  itself.  A  Grecian  would 
have  recognized  the  irresistible  Anagke — Necessity — and,  as  Flaxman 
has  it  in  one  of  his  wonderful  etchings,  folded  his  hands  in  scorn  of 


THE  EASTERN  GROUP. 


114 


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gods  and  men ;  a  disciple  of  Mohammed  would  have  cried  Kismet — 
it  is  fate — and  calmly  and  placidly  have  descended  and  acquiesced  in 
the  destruction.  Not  so  the  German  Christian.  All  his 'own  efforts 

are  exhausted,  but 
with  upturned  face 
and  uplifted  hand 
he  implores  a  spe- 
cial intervention  of 
the  Deity  for  him- 
self and  the  home 
he  has  built  for  his 
wife  and  his  little 
ones.  It  is  not  the 
prayer  of  an  idle 
his  features, 


man; 

his  posture,  his 
very  position, 
prove  that  it  is  sim- 
ply the  fervent  pe- 
tition of  a  faithful 
.  believer,  who  trusts 
in  God  to  aid  his 
endeavors. 

The  next  engrav- 
ing represents  the 
central  group  from, 
the  west.  An  aged 
man,  still  grasping 
his  staff  in  his  left  hand,  is  sitting  upon  a  rock,  while  his  daughter, 
tenderly  bending  over  him,  gives  him  a  cup  of  water,  even  as  Rebekah, 
"the  daughter  of  Bethuel,  son  of  Milcah,  the  wife  of  Nahor,  Abra- 
ham's brother,"  might  have  given  it  to  the  eldest  servant  of  the  patri- 
arch's house,  as  told  in  the  beautiful  narrative  of  the  twenty-fourth 
chapter  of  Genesis.  The'face  of  the  maiden  is,  indeed,  said  to  be  the' 
portrait  of  Kreling's  daughter ;  but  to  many  it  has  seemed  that  in  the 
composition  of  this  there  is,  perhaps,  a  reflex,  faint  though  it  be,  of 
Eastern  life  and  Eastern  story.  The  unity  of  German  conception  is 
not,  however,  broken  by  this  fancy  or  theory,  be  it  which  it  may.  It 
simply  illustrates  the  many-sidedness  of  the  German  artist  life,  the 
very  quality  for  which  the  admirers  of  Goethe  reverence  their  hero. 
It  is,  indeed,  well  known,  and  has  been  remarked  by  both  critics  and 


THE    NORTHERN   GROUP. 


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travelers,  that  there  is  a  nearer  analogy  between  the  respectful  filial 
devotion  of  the  daughter  to  the  aged  sire  among  the  Arabians,  the 
Israelites,  and  the  Germans,  than  between  any  other  European  and 
Oriental  nation. 
The  group  beauti- 
fully typifies  this 
holy  feminine  of- 
fice of  aid  to  the 
weary  and  the  well 
stricken  in  years. 
The  very  attitude 
of  the  AV o m a n 
proves  that  she  is 
even  more  than  a 
nurse — that  she  is 
a.  n  e  a  r  e  r  and  a 
dearer  one  to  the 
old  man  at  her 
side. 

The    next    en- 


graving again  car- 
ries us  from  the 
softer  emotions  to 
the  harder  scenes 
of  want  and  suffer- 
ing. Upon  the. 
east  and  the  west, 
in  the  woman  with 


THE   WESTERN    GROUP. 


her  child  and  the  daughter  with  her  father,  we  have  seen  the  morning 
and  the  evening  of  life,  attended  with  all  the  blessings  the  gentle  rain 
can  give.  On  the  stern  north  we  have  a  blazing  house,  smitten, 
perhaps,  by  the  lightning,  and  rain  not  present  but  prayed  for;  and 
now,  turned  toward  the  burning  south,  there  is  again  no  water.  The 
earth  is  parched,  the  fruits  of  the  soil  are  dying;  the  farmer,  while 
his  plow  lies  idle  and  his  dog  pants  with  heat  at  his  side,  looks  up  to 
heaven  with  a  supplication  for  rain.  His  breast  and  legs  below  the 
knee  are  bared  as  he  stands  beneath  the  scorching  sun.  There  is  a 
wide  difference  between  this  southern  figure  and  the  stronger,  more 
stalwart  northman  upon  the  opposite  £ide.  One  is  all  vigor,  struggle, 
muscle,  and  sinew,  and  fullness  of  breadth ;  the  other,  more  quiet, 
more  resigned — simply  prayerful.  His  form  is,  although  sinewy, 


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far  more  spare.  In  all  these  four  groups  the  attentive  critic  will  dis- 
cover the  wonderful  appropriateness  of  the  subject-matter,  not  only  to 
the  whole  design  of  this  unique  fountain,  but  even  to  the  several 

points  of  the  com- 
pass to  which  the 
separate  groups 
are  turned. 

These  are  the 
principal  figures 
in  the  upper  por- 
tion of  the  fount- 
ain;  but  those 
in  the  niches, 
if  smaller,  are 
equally  beautiful, 
equally  worthy  gf 
admiration.  Kre- 
ling's  mind  seems 
to  have  been  em- 
bued  with  some- 
thing akin  to  that 
graceful  feeling 
which,  in  the 
Catholic  churches 
in  days  of  old,  led 
their  builders  to 
fill  the  niches 
with  the  images 
of  the  saints,  thus  making  for  them  a  miniature  shrine  within  the 
temple.  In  Andalusia,  in  Spain,  and  in  many  parts  of  Italy  and 
France  and  Bavaria,  there  is  scarcely  a  church  without  one  or  more 
such  images  so  shielded.  Kreling  caught  the  idea,  and  he  has  de- 
voted his  niches  entirely  to  the  purest  years  of  life.  All  children  are 
certainly  not  saints ;  but  as  certainly  there  are  among  them  the  most 
innocent  creatures  in  the  world.  These  child  effigies  of  Kreling's 
creation  still  preserve  the  elemental  design  of  the  work.  They  all 
illustrate  the  uses  of  water,  and  the  subjects  are  chosen  with  a  poetic 
insight  into  the  very  manner  in  which  children  best  love  to  use  it. 
Painters  and  poets  alike  have*  delighted  in  painting  or  describing 
lovely  women  or  beautiful  girls  admiring  their  own  fair  images  re- 
flected in  lake  or  stream,  and  this  is  the  subject  of  the  next  illustration. 


THE   SOUTHERN    GROUP. 


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THE    LAUGHING    GIRL. 


BOY    WITH    LOBSTER. 


It  is  that  of  the  niche  at  the  south-east  corner  of  the  pedestal,  where 
sits  a  laughing  girl  with  flowers  in  her  hair,  who,  while  twisting  a 
necklace  of  pearls 
round  her  neck,  gazes 
admiringly  upon  her 
image  mirrored  in  the 
waters  beneath.  Her 
arms  are  bent  back  to 
arrange  the  necklace, 
and  the  expression  of 
her  face  is  full  of 
pleased  wonder  and 
delight. 

On  the  north-east 
corner,  in  the  niche 
represented  in  the  next 
engraving,  sits  a  boy, 
nearly  nude,  holding 
in  triumph  a  lobster,  which  he  has  just  taken  from  his  net.  In  this 
figure  there  is  much  breadth  and  spirit.  The  lad's  whole  attitude  is 
triumphant,  and  his  limbs  are  perfect  models.  The  net  with  which 
his  capture  has  been  ef- 
fected is  the  only  appro- 
priate drapery,  and  it  has 
been  most  happily  used. 
The  niche  on  the  north- 
west corner  contains  one 
of  the  prettiest  and  most 
poetical  figures  of  all.  A 
little  girl  with  rounded 
limbs  holds  a  sea-shell 
to  her  ear  and  eagerly 
listens  to  the  wondrous 
tales  the  murmuring 
sound  seems  to  tell.  The 
attitude  is  expressive  of 
the  most  eager  attention ; 
and  when  the  fountain  BOY  PUTTING  ON  SKATES' 
was  unveiled,  half  the  mothers  in  the  city  fell  in  love  with  the  child — 
it  is  so  fresh,  so  natural,  and  the  whole  intent  so  childlike. 

In  the  niche  on  the  south-west  corner  sits  a  fur-clad  boy,  strapping 


GIRL    WITH    SEA-SHELL. 


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KENNY'S  ILL  USTRA  TED  CINCINNA  TI. 


on  his  skates.  The  skate  is 
already  on  the  right  foot,  and, 
with  the  muscles  of  his  right  arm 
tense,  he  is  tightening  the  buckles 
of  the  left. 

The  next  engraving  represents 
the  south-east  bronze  figure  upon 
one  of  the  four  drinking  foun- 
tians,  added  by  Col.  Ferdinand 
Von  Mliller  to  Kreling's  original 
design.  A  youth,  beautifully 
.modeled,  is  sitting  upon  a  dol- 
phin, and  the  limpid  water 
flows  through  its  mouth.  The 
youth  is  admirably  modeled, 
and  fully  represents  strength 
quiescent.  The  practical  use  to 
which  this  and  the  three  fol- 
lowing figures  are  put,  and  the 


BOY    WITH    DOLPHIN. 


BOY    WITH    DUCKS. 


constant  and  frequent  resort  of 
the  people  to  the  drinking  cups 
attached  to  the  pedestals,  abun- 
dantly justify  Col.  Von  Miiller's 
addition. 

The  next  engraving  is  an- 
other of  these  bronze  figures. 
The  youth  on  the  north-east 
corner  is  kneeling,  holding  one 
duck  in  its  bent  right  arm, 
and  grasping  by  the  neck  an- 
other iir  the  left. 

The  figure  on  the  next  drink- 
ing fountain,  upon  the  south- 
west corner,  is  that  of  a  youth 
round  whose  right  leg  a  snake 
has  twisted  itself.  He  has 
seized  its  folds  with  the  right 
hand,  and  with  his  left  holds 
a  stone  to  destroy  it.  There  is 
anger,  but  no  semblance  of  fear 
in  attitude  or  expression.  The 


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119 


youth  is  no  Laoccoon,  con- 
scious of  an  impending  and 
inevitable  fate.  He  is  stalwart 
and  strong,  and  knows  full 
well  how  easily  he  can  rid  him- 
self of  the  coils.  His  muscles, 
however,  are  tense,  and  his 
lips  are  set,  as,  bending  back 
his  arm,  he  prepares  to  give 
force  to  the  blow. 

The  next  and  last  engrav- 
ing, on  the  north-west  corner, 
is  a  youth  sitting  upon  a  tor- 
toise, through  whose  mouth 
the  water  streams.  In  this 
and  the  preceding  figure  the 
difficulties  of  portraying 
muscle  in  action  are  admir- 
ably overcome.  These  four 
figures  not  only  prove  the  fer- 
tility of  conception  possessed 
gcientious  care  with  which  he 


BOY    WITH   TORTOISE. 


BOY   WITH   SNAKE. 

by  Col.  Von  Miiller,  but  also  the  con- 
has  studied  the  original  design,  and  the 
fidelity  with  which  he  has  ad- 
hered to  its  ideas  in  the  small-' 
est  matter  of  detail.  When 
the  fountain  was  erected,  in 
1871,  Col.  Von  Miiller  super- 
intended the  work,  and  before 
he  left  for  his  home  in  Munich, 
gave  the  most  elaborate  and 
careful  instructions  upon  the 
mode  of  cleaning  the  bronze 
and  the  tubes,  and  minute  di- 
rections for  cutting  off  the 
water  at  the  proper  low  degree 
of  temperature.  During  the 
Exposition  the  water  is  fre- 
quently cut  off  for  the  pur- 
pose of  securing  a  fuller  sup- 
ply in  Elm  Street  in  case  of 
fire. 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


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ENTRANCE   TO    THE    SUSPENSION    BRIDGE. 


THE  BRIDGES. 

The  Suspension  Bridge,  connecting  Cincinnati  with  Coving- 
ton,  was  constructed  by  the  celebrated  engineer,  John  A.  Roebling,  at  a 
cost  of  $1,800,000.  The  entrance  to  this  magnificent  bridge  is  greatly 
marred  by  the  inferior  surroundings — itinerant  apple  and  peanut 
venders  having  miserable  sheds  in  close  proximity  to  the  great 
piers.  But  once  on  the  bridge,  its  beauty  is  apparent  to  the  most 
casual  observer.  The  distance  between  the  towers  is  1,057  feet,  and, 
including  the  approaches,  it  is  2,252  feet  in  length  and  36  in  width. 
The  towers  are  200  feet  in  height,  and  with  the  turrets  230.  The 
chief  wire  cables  are  a  foot  in  diameter,  and  contain  10,360  wires, 
weighing  16,300  pounds.  The  bridge  is  103  feet  above  low  water 
mark.  It  was  opened  to  the  public  on  1st  January,  1867. 

The  Newport  Bridge,  connecting  Cincinnati  with  Newport,  is 
of  wrought  iron,  100  feet  above  low  water.  It  has  eleven  spans,  the 
widest  being  405  feet.  The  railway  track  with  its  approaches  is  3,090 
feet  long. 

The  Southern  Railway  Bridge  was  begun  in  1875,  and  will 
cross  the  river  from  the  foot  of  Horn  Street  to  Ludlow.  Ky.  By 
10 


122 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED   CINCINNATI. 


the  terms 
of      the 

contract  it  is  to  be  fin- 
ished on  the  31st   De- 
cember, 1876,  at  a  cost 
for  the  bridge   proper   of  $663,570.     The 
bridge  will  be  a  straight  trestle  work,  con- 
taining from  north  to  south  2  spans  of  300 
feet  each,  1  span  519  feet,  1  door  span  of 
370  feet,  1  span  of  110  feet,  and  with  its 

NEWPORT    RAILROAD    BRIDGE.  .,,1  •,      • 

northern  approach,  will  be  a  mile  in  length. 

It  will  be  40  feet  above  high  water  and  102J  feet  above  the  low  water 
level.     Two  spans  are  already  completed. 


THE  BANKS. 

FROM  a  statement  made  by  the  Cincinnati  Clearing-house  Asso- 
ciation it  appears  that  the  banking  capital  of  its  members  amounted, 
on  the  31st  August,  1874,  to  $6,654,000,  This  does  not  include  several 
large  discount  houses,  nor  the  business  of  the  stock  brokers.  The 
following  is  a  list  of  the  public  banks, showing  the  capital  of  each : 

NATIONAL  BANKS. 

1  First  National  Bank $1,500,000 

2  Second  National  B^nk 200,000 

3  Third  National  Bank 800,000 

4  Fourth  National  Bank 500,000 

6  Merchants'  National  Bank 1,000,000 


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PRIVATE  BANKS  AND  BANKERS. 

7  Commercial  Bank $500,000 

9  Franklin  Bank 335,000 

10  Lafayette  Bank 240,000 

Total $5,075,000 

There  are  fifteen  private  banking-houses,  with  an  aggregate  capital 
of  $1,579,000. 

The  Clearing-house,  of  Cincinnati,  at  70  and  72  West  Third 
Street,  is  an  association  of  8  public  and  15  private  bankers  for  the  pur- 
poses of  the  exchange  of  checks,  and  general  facilities  in  the  transaction 
of  business.  Its  rooms  are  open  every  afternoon,  and  are  also  used  for 
any  general  meetings  of  the  members.  In  the  financial  year  ending 
1st  April,  1875,  $682,848,778  passed  through  the  Clearing  House. 

The  banks  of  Cincin- 
nati are  very  generally 
substantial  structures,  well 
built,  and  most  commo- 
diously  planned;  those  not 
so  distinctly  marked  by 
these  qualities  are,  perhaps, 
one  or  two  of  the  smaller 
private  banks.  Conspicu- 
ous above  them  all,  both 
for  solidity  and  beauty, 
and  its  thorough  internal 
arrangements,  is  the  Bank- 
ing House  of  Messrs.  Gil- 
more,  Dunlap  &  Co.,  at 
Nos.  108  and  110  West 
Fourth  Street.  It  is  built 
in  the  Renaissance  style  of 
architecture,  and  is  repre- 
sented in  the  accompany- 
ing engraving. 

Another  very  fine  estab- 
lishment is  that  of  Messrs. 
Seasongood,  Netter  &  Co.., 
at  No.  74  West  Third  Street. 
They  are  both  ornaments  to 
the  city.  This  is  represented 
in  the  next  engraving.  GILMORE,  DUNLAP  &  co. 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


The  solidity  of  the  architecture  of  this 
bank  has  been  admired  by  hundreds  of 
visitors,  and  admirably  harmonizes  with 
that  of  many  of  the  principal  business 
houses  in  the  neighborhood,  among  which 
it  is,  however,  in  many  respects,  pre- 
eminent. 

While  speaking  of  banking,  a  memo- 
rable event  in  its  history  at  Cincinnati 
may  be  mentioned.  On  the  18th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1873,  the  well-known  failure  of 
Jay  Cooke  &  Co.  brought  about  the  great 
panic  of  the  year.  On  the  25th  of  the 
same  month  the  Clearing-house  Associa- 
tion resolved,  for  the  protection  of  the 
bankers,  that  payment  of  currency  on 
checks,  except  for  small  sums,  should  be 
temporarily  suspended,  and  that  bankers 
should  certify  checks  drawn  on  balances, 
payable  through  the  Clearing-house  only. 
On  the  13th  of  October,  following,  there 
was  a  general  resumption,  and  within  thirty  days  all  the  Clearing- 
house certificates,  amounting  to  over  $400,000,  which  had  thus  been 
issued  to  facilitate  business,  were  withdrawn  and  cancelled.  Among 
the  city  bankers,  so  firm  were  their  standing  and  so  ample  their 
means,  that  there  was  not  a  single  disaster  to  mark  the  track  of  the 
commercial  storm  that  passed  through  the  country. 


SEASONGOD,   NETTER    &    CO. 


THE    PARKS. 

Eden  Park. — Cincinnati  is  richly  endowed  with  public  parks, 
They  are  eight  in  number;  the  largest  being  Eden  Park,  on  a 
hill  east  of  the  city  proper  and  lying  between  the  city  and  East  Wal- 
nut Hills,  with  Columbia  Avenue  on  the  east,  and  Gilbert  Avenue  on 
the  west.  It  contains  216  acres  of  beautiful  rich  lawn,  grassy  hill- 
slopes,  and  valleys  penetrated  in  every  direction  by  broad,  smooth, 
gravel  carriage-roads.  To  the  south-west  of  the  park  there  is  a  well- 
stocked  fenced  inclosure  for  deer;  a  little  below  it,  at  the  summit  of  a 
gentle  hill,  a  house  for  shade  and  refreshments,  and  to  the  east  of 


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125 


these,  the  two  new  city  water  reservoirs,  so  exactly  corresponding  with 
the  character  of  the  scenery  that  they  look  almost  like  natural  lakes. 
They  have  each  a  capacity  of  100,000,000  gallons,  and  are  of  the  value 
of  $4,247,557. 

The  park  is  rapidly  becoming  well  stocked  with  birds,  and  many 
of  the  views  of  the  city  and  the  surrounding  country  and  the  river 
are  magnificent.  A  special  reference  to  some  will  be  found  in  the 
third  part  of  this  work. 


MUSIC   STAND,    EDEN    PARK. 

Burnet  "Woods,  the  next  in  size,  contains  170  acres,  nearly  all 
thickly  wooded  with  fine  forest  trees.  It  was  only  purchased  by  the 
city  in  1872,  and  consequently  but  few  improvements  have  yet  been 
made.  The  natural  beauty  of  its  scenery  is,  however,  very  remarkable. 
The  park  rests  on  a  hill  north  of  the  city,  and,  by  the  aid  of  the  Groes- 
beck  endowment,  music  is  provided  free  for  all  time.  The  new  Zoolog- 
ical Gardens  are  a  little  to  the  north-east. 

Lincoln  Park  is  entered  from  Freeman  Street,  between  Betts  on 
the  north,  and  Hopkins  on  the  south.  Every  thing  art  can  effect  has 
been  done  to  heighten  the  beauties  of  its  comparatively  small  area.  The 
walks  wind  in  and  out  of  shade-trees,  by  green  grass  and  beds  of  gera- 
nium and  fuchsia  and  verbenas  and  other  garden  flowers  bright  with 
blossoms,  and  by  the  borders  of  the  lake  in  the  center,  well-stocked 
with  swan  and  rare  foreign  aquatic  birds,  with  an  island  in  the  middle. 


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KENNY'S  ILL  V-STRA  TED  CINCINNA  TI. 


The  park  is  well  fenced  and  provided  with  seats.  The  view  of  the 
Kentucky  hills  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  is  very  extensive.  The 
park  is  a  favorite  play  ground  for  the  children  in  the  neighborhood, 


GROTTO,    LINCOLN    PARK. 

and  all  through  the  fine  Spring,  Summer,  and  Autumn  evenings  is  the 
resort  of  thousands. 

The  landscape  gardeners  employed  in  laying  out  the  grounds  have 
used,  to  the  very  best  advantage,  every  resource  of  the  somewhat 
limited  area  of  18  acres  at  their  command.  The  skill,  indeed,  with 
which  this  has  been  done  is  remarkable,  and  with  the  grotto  and  the 
lakes,  the  flowers  and  the  aquatic  fowls,  and  the  birds  fluttering  upon 
the  branches,  with  the  hundreds  of  lights  reflected  in  the  waters,  over 


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127 


which  an  occasional  skiff  glides,  almost  noiselessly,  it  often  presents, 
in  the  early  evening,  a  scene  like  fairy  land.  It  needs  but  a  musical 
endowment  to  make  it  equal  to  any  of  the  same  size  in  the  whole  land. 
There  are  several  finer  residences  in  the  immediate  neighborhood,  one 


BOAT-HOUSE,    LINCOLN    PARK,    AND   RESIDENCE    OF  J.   W.   GOSLING,   ESQ. 

of  which  accompanies  the  engraving  of  the  boat-house  and  north- 
eastern end  of  the  lake. 

Washington  Park,  bounded  by  Race  and  Elm  and  Twelfth  and 
Thirteenth  Streets,  and  facing  the  Exposition  Buildings  on  the  west, 
is  still  smaller.  There  are  several  very  fine  trees,  a  fountain,  plenty 
of  seats,  and  the  aerolite,  pierced  for  a  supply  of  drinking  water,  is 
said  to  be  the  largest  that  has  ever  fallen  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic. 

The  area  of  this  park  is  only  ten  acres,  but  it  is  a  favorite  place 
of  resort,  particularly  by  the  German  children  "over  the  Rhine."  It 
is  a  breathing  spot  in  the  very  heart  of  the  city,  and  during  the  Expo- 
sition it  presents  the  appearance  of  one  of  the  most  crowded  thorough- 
fares in  the  city.  The  Exposition  Art  Hall  is  built  within  the  rails, 
and  is  connected  with  the  main  building  by  a  bridge  spanning  its 
western  boundary — Elm  Street.  The  entrance,  of  which  an  engraving 
is  given,  is  much*  admired. 

When  speaking  of  parks  most  of  the  European  writers  have  dwelt 
principally  upon  three  points — their  beauty  in  the  education  of  the 
eye  and  taste,  the  space  they  present  for  relaxation  from  toil,  and  the 
function  they  subserve  for  providing  an  occasional  supply  of  pure 


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oxygen  for  the 
lungs  so  liable  to 
become  vitiated  by 
the  smoke  -  laden 
atmosphere  of  a 
great  city.  It  is 
this  last  office  upon 
which  the  utility 
of  Washington 
Park  is,  at  present, 
principally  based; 
but  when  the  new 
and  permanent 
buildings  are 
erected  for  the  Ex- 
position and  the 
proposed  Music 
Hall  is  finished,  it 
will  serve  as  a 
most  excellent 
site  for  both  a 
park,  a  rosery, 
and  a  garden,  all 
combined,  as  the 
three  sister  graces 
attendant  upon- 
the  muses. 

Eighth-street  Park  is  simply  a  fenced-in  graveled  walk,  bor- 
dered by  turf  and  protected  by  shade-trees.  It  extends  down  the 
middle  of  Eighth  Street  from  Vine  Street  to  Elm  Street. 

The  City  Park  is  an  inclosed  green  plat  ornamented  with  trees, 
shrubs,  flower  beds,  and  a  fountain,  on  the  east  front  of  the  City 
Buildings. 

The  "Water  Works  'Park,  on  Third  Street,  near  the  City 
Water  Works,  a  little  east  of  Pike  Street,  is  the  oldest  park  in  the 
city.  It  was  here  that  the  fathers  and  mothers  of  the  present  genera- 
tion walked  about  its  terraced  and  shaded  heights,  gazing  upon  the 
beautiful  Ohio  to  the  south,  and  watching  the  gradual  growth  of  the 
city  westward.  The  park  is  now  but  little  used. 

Hopkins's  Park  is  a  beautiful  and  well-planted,  although  small, 
lawn  on  Mount  Auburn,  north  of  the  city  proper. 


ENTRANCE   TO   WASHINGTON    PARK. 


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THE  FLORISTS  AND  NURSERY  GARDENS. 

CINCINNATI  is  the  center  of  the  horticultural  and  floral  trade  of 
the  United  States  for  all  points  west  of  Pittsburg.  There  are  in  the 
city  and  suburbs  alone  29  florists  owning  or  occupying  nursery  gar- 
dens ranging  from  1  to  60  acres  each,  and  in  Covington  and  Newport 
there  are  7  large  establishments.  Cut  flowers  in  hermetically 
sealed  tins  are  sent  many  hundred  miles  for  parties  and  balls,  and, 
until  the  recent  change  in  the  postal  regulation,  choice  plants  were 
sent  in  large  quantities  by  post  as  far  North-west  as  Minnesota  and 
South  to  Alabama.  Their  roots  were  first  washed  and  dried  and  the 
plants  then  placed  in  oiled  paper  envelopes,  and  posted.  The  best  trade 
in  cut  flowers  is  done  in  the  Winter  and  early  Spring.  In  pot  flowers 
it  is  nearly  equal  the  whole  year  round,  except  in  the  months  of  July 
and  August.  The  largest  local  buyers  are  the  leading  restaurants,  the 
chief  society  dinner  and  ball  givers,  and  a  few  .  wealthy  single 
gentlemen. 


OVER  THE  RHINE., 

LONDON  has  its  Greenwich,  Paris  its  Bois,  Vienna  its  Prater,  Brus- 
sels its  Arcade,  and  Cincinnati  its  "  Over  the  Rhine."  Thither,  in 
each  of  these  cities,  the  citizen,  wearied  of  business  and  its  exhausting 
details,  wends  his  way  when,  like  John  Gilpin  in  his  famous  expedi- 
tion to  Edmonston,  he  is  bent  on  pleasure  and  a  holiday.  Unluckily, 
however,  for  the  Londoner  and  the  Parisian,  Greenwich  and  the  Bois 
are  not  within  the  limits  of  every  body's  purse,  and  the  gay  and  merry 
denizens  of  the  Austrian  Capital,  and  the  dwellers  in  Brussels,  can  not 
extract  half  so  much  change  and  variety  from  their  Prater  and  their 
Arcade  as  the  Cincinnatian  can  from  his  trip  "  Over  the  Rhine."  He 
has  no  sooner  entered  the  northern  districts  of  the  city  lying  beyond 
Court  Street,  across  the  canal,  than  he  finds  himself  in  another  atmos- 
phere— in  a  foreign  land,  as  it  were.  Germans  and  Americans  alike 
love  to  call  the  district  "Over  the  Rhine,"  and  by  that  name  it  is 
known  wherever  Cincinnati  is  heard  of.  There  is  nothing  like  it 
in  Europe — no  transition  so  sudden,  so  pleasant,  and  so  easily 
effected.  There  may  be  a  parallel  for  the  Frenchman  visiting  the 
English  quarter  in  Boulogne,  but  there  is  nothing  in  all  these  at 
all  comparable  to  the  completeness  of  the  change  brought  about  by 

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stepping 
across  the 

canal.  The  visitor  leaves 
behind  'him  at  almost  a  single  step  the 
rigidity  of  the  American,  the  everlasting 
hurry  and  worry  of  the  insatiate  race  for  VIEW  OF  THE  CANAL  IN  REAR 
wealth,  the  inappeasable  thirst  of  Dives,  and  OF  THE  EXPOSIT10N- 
enters  at  once  into  the  borders  of  a  people  more  readily  happy r 
more  readily  contented,  more  easily  pleased,  far  more  closely  wedded 
to  music  and  the  dance,  to  the  song,  and  life  in  the  bright  open  air. 
The  canal  is  by  no  manner  of  means  the  Rhine,  or  any  thing  like  it. 
No  lordly  Ehrenbreitstein  towers  over  its  .shores;  no  beautiful  stories 
of  old  legendary  folk-lore  fill  its  banks  and  its  waters  with  romance; 
but  none  the  less  surely  Father-land  is  upon  the  other  side  of  its  bridges. 
The  people  are  Germans;  their  faces  are  German;  their  manners  and 
customs  are  German ;  their  very  gossip  is  German.  They  dance  the 
German  waltz  as  none  but  Germans  can ;  they  cook  their  food  by 
German  recipes,  and  sit  long  over  their  foaming  beer,  ever  and  again 
shaking  it  round  their  glasses  with  that  peculiar  circular  motion 
Avhich  none  but  a  German  can  impart  to  the  beverage  he  loves.  It 
can  not  be  said  that  the  Germans  over  the  Rhine  lead  a  pastoral  or  an 
absolutely  innocent  life.  Like  all  the  rest  of  the  world,  they  are  more 
or  less  sufferers  from  the  curse  of  old  Adam  and  the  consequences  of 
the  apple  that  Eve  ate  in  Paradise.  They  are  not  all  Arcadians  in 
their  simplicity,  but  it  is  quite  certain  that  there  is  less  positive  crime, 
less  disposition  to  rioting  and  drunkenness,  among  the  beer-loving 


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Transrhenanes  than  in  almost  every  other  district  of  any  other  city 
in  the  land.  This,  to  many,  may  seem  strange;  for  the  Germans 
"Over  the  Rhine"  arc  as  passionately  attached  to  their  national  beer 
and  their  national  wines  as  ever  their  fathers  or  grandfathers  were  in 
Munich  or  Vienna,  in  Rhineland  or  Berlin.  On  their  whole  nature 
seem  ingrafted  the  words  jolly  old  Martin  Luther  wrote  more  than 
three  hundred  years  ago — 

"  Wer  liebt  nicht  Weib,  Wein  und  Gesang, 
Er  bleibt  eiii  Narr  seiii  Leben  lang ;"' 

or,  as  Thackeray  has  it  in  his  free  translation, 

"  'T  was  thus  that  Martin  Luther  sang, 

The  Reverend  Dr.  Luther  sang: 
Who  loves  not  wine,  woman  and  song, 
Remains  a  fool  his  whole  lile  long." 

But  the  fact  is,  that  to  see  a  glass  of  whisky  or  brandy  called  for 
"Over  the  Rhine,"  is  a  thing  of  the  rarest  occurrence.  Even  the 
American  born  of  American  parentage  whose  national  craving,  accord- 
ing to  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  is  for  whisky,  seems  like  the  Greek  at 
Dodona,  or  the  Roman  at  Tusculum,  to  feel  the  influence  of  the 
genius  loci,  the  spirit  of  the  spot,  and  after  one  or  two  visits  almost 
invariably  substitutes  cool  lager  or  red  or  white  Rhine  wines  for  the 
more  fiery  national  drink.  Nor  is  this  to  be  wondered  at,  for  Gambri- 
nus  and  his  staff'  are  here  in  full  force.  The  great  officers  of  his  court 
are  the  wealthy  brewers,  whose  immense  cellars  pierce  the  hill-sides 
and  penetrate  deep  below  into  the  very  bowels  of  the  earth.  The 
gnomes  and. tutelary  deities  of  these  recesses,  teeming  with  beer,  are 
the  ruddy  and  hearty  working  brewers — jolly  fellows  are  they,  and  kind 
of  heart,  as  many  a  tale  can  tell.  Sober  are  they,  too,  although  their 
mighty  gullets  and  comfortable  paunches — not  often  in  shape  and  size 
unlike  Falstaff's — think  no  more  of  absorbing  forty  or  fifty,  or  even 
sixty,  glasses  of  beer  a  day,  from  the  ever  open  cask  in  the  corner  of 
the  brewery,  than  an  ordinary  man  would  of  drinking  a  small  bottle 
of  champagne  or  a  pint  of  sherry  after  a  hearty  dinner.  The  minor 
dignitaries  of  the  great  Gambrinus  are  the  proprietors  of  the  beer- 
gardens  and  their  attendant  minions.  These  gardens  are  scattered  all 
over  the  "Over  the  Rhine,"  but  the  principal,  such  as  the  old  and 
favorite  Lowen  Garten,  and  the  more  modern  glories  of  Wielert's 
saloon  and  garden  upon  Vine  Street,  are  the  first  and  foremost.  In 
them,  in  the  evening  hours,  begin,  for  many  Americans,  the  true  per- 
ception of  transrhenan  life.  In  his  hours  of  relaxation,  the  German 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


has  no  thought  of  selfishness.  He  seems  to  think  that  if  his  wife  is  a 
helpmeet  for  him  she  should  help  him  drink  his  heer  in  the  evening, 
as  well  as  scrub  his  floor,  cook  his  dinner,  prepare  the  sauerkraut,  or 
•wash  the  dishes.  At  half  the  tables  of  these  German  gardens  the  men 
are  not  alone.  They  may  drink  two  glasses  of  beer  to  one  by  the  frau; 
but  even* this  is  rare,  the  frau  generally  gets  as  many  glasses  as  her 
liege  lord  and  master.  And  while  the  parents  drink  their,  ein  or  zwei 
glasses,  the  children  and  the  pretty  little  maid,  with  every  day  an 
apparently  fresh  bit  of  ribbon  in  her  cap,  drink  their  kleines,  while 
the  good-natured  and  happy  mother  gives  the  youngest  of  all,  sitting 
upon  her  lap,  a  sip  or  two  from  her  own  glass. 

And,  meanwhile,  hot  as  the  day  without  may  have  been,  it  is  cool 
within.  The  air  streams  through  the  lattice-work  at  either  end  of 
the  gardens  and  gently  bends  the  tops  of  the  trees  shading  the  tables  or 
toys  with  the  oleander  blossoms  fluttering  over  the  dark  green  foliage 
or  the  darker  bark  of  the  trunk  and  branches.  Many  of  the  gardens 
are  ornamented  with  portraits,  generally  of  Beethoven,  Schubert,  Mo- 
zart, Carl  Maria  Yon  Weber,  Mendelssohn,  Schumann,  or  other  great 
musicians,  and  in  all  the  great  ones  there  is  an  orchestra.  It 
is  astonishing  to  what  a  high  pitch  of  excellence  the  German 
love  of  music  is  arrived  and  how  critical  is  the  taste.  The  best 
music  worthily  rendered  is  alone  listened  to  with  any  degree  of  atten- 
tion, and  when  a  noble  masterpiece  is  given  with  effect  the  delight  of 
the  listeners  is  keenly  felt  and  warmly  expressed.  This  is  especially 
the  case  with  such  well-known  and  spirit-stirring  strains  as  the  "  Wacht 
am  Rhein,"  and  very  often  the  first  notes  are  scarcely  heard  before  in 
grand  chorus  they  are  accompanied  by  the  noble  verse : 

"  Es  braust  em  Ruf  wie  Donnerhall 
Wie  Schwertgeklirr  und  Wogen-prall;" 

and  so  it  is  with  another  song  every  true  German  loves: 

"  Sie  sollen  ihn  nicht  haben 
Den  freien  Deutscheh  Rhein." 

is  frequently  sung  by  half  the  audience  to  the  music  of  the  band.  The 
effect  produced  is  wonderful.  The  vocalization  may  not  be  given  witli 
all  the  delicate  accentuation  of  Italian  melodies,  but  it  rises  and  swells 
with  all  the  strength  and  vigor  and  musical  appreciation  of  the  Ger- 
man character.  It  is  difficult  indeed  to  overestimate  the  German's 
love  of  music.  It  is  part  and  parcel  of  his  being.  To  it,  indeed,  the 
city  owes  the  buildings  which  have  subsequently  been  enlarged  and  used 
for  the  Exposition,  for  had  not  the  Germans  required  them  for  the 


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Sangerfest,  it  is  doubtful  whether  they  would  have  been  erected  to  this 
very  day.  It  may  appear  somewhat  singular,  but  it  is  a  fact  of  which 
every  observer  is  cognizant,  that  the  Franco-German  war  of  1870  and 
3871  gave  a  great  impetus  .to  the  music  of  "Over  the  Rhine."  The 
trumpets  of  the  German  hosts  under  Moltke  and  Frederick  Charles  and 
"  unzer  Fritz  "  seemed  to  inspire  their  compatriots  even  here  with  a 
prouder,  more  confident,  and  more  vigorous  life.  The  enthusiasm  "over 
the  Rhine,"  as  victory  after  victory  was  flashed  across  the  cable,  was  as 

great  as  in  Berlin  itself,  and  the  gar- 
dens were  never  before  so  thronged. 
It  was  then  that  the  glorious  pa- 
triotic songs  were  revived,  and  they 
have  never  since  been  .  forgotten ; 
but  charming  as  the  topic  is,  it 
must,  like  the  Laodiceans,  in  Dante's 
"Inferno,"  be  but  glanced  at  for 
a  moment,  and  then  passed  by. 
The  engraving  of  the  interior  of 
"Wielert's  garden  from  a  sketch  by 
Farney  gives  some  idea  of  many 
aspects  of  these  merry  scenes  in  an 
evening  "  Over  the  Rhine." 

The  Transrhenane  waiter  is 
above  all  things  a  man  to  be  pitied, 
and  a  man  to  be  admired.  To  be 
pitied,  because  he  seems  to  be  per- 
petually on  those  not  very  fat  legs 
of  his  with  never  a  moment's  time 
for  a  private  dive  into  one  of  those 
glasses  he  hands  about  to  his 
thirsty  patrons  literally  by  the 
hundred.  He  often  brings  them  by  the  ten  or  a  dozen  in  each  hand. 
He  is  to  be  admired  for  his  imperturbable  good  nature,  for  his  free- 
dom from  flurr5',  his  constant  sobriety,  and  that  prompt  memory 
which  rarely,  if  ever,  makes  a  mistake  in  the  precise  number  of 
beers,  mineral  waters,  or  glasses  of  wine  ordered,  or  the  exact  table  to 
which  they  are  to  be  brought.  He  is  a  capital  fellow,  and  probably 
"  takes  his  "  in  the  afternoon  before  his  night  work  commences. 

There  i^  another  characteristic  feature  of  these  saloons  and  gardens 
which  should  not  be  omitted.  The  sausage  man  perambulates  them 
at  all  hours  of  the  day  and  evening;  but  chiefly  at  half-past  nine  and 


THE  TRANSRHENANE  WAITER. 


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135 


eleven  in  the  morning,  about  six 
in  the  afternoon,  and  throughout 
the  evening,  from  seven  or  eight 
till  after  midnight.  He  is  as  per- 
sistent, but  not  half  so  insolent, 
as  the  London  itinerant  vender. 
The  more  fastidious  anlong  those 
he  approaches  might  say,  to  apply 
the  words  of  Sam  Weller,  "  Weal 
pie  is  a  wery  good  thing  when 
you  knows  as  how  it 's  made." 
But  the  German  likes  his  sausage, 
and  the  Hausfrau's  taste  is  too 
keen  to  admit  of  much  deception. 
The  Vienna  sausage-man  is 
another  well  -  known  character 
"Over  the  Rhine."  He  is  con- 
stantly to  be  met  with,  and  is 
known  by  every  body.  He  car- 
ries with  him  a  large  tin  full  of 
sausages,  while  a  small  boy  by  his 
side  bears  the  bread,  the  salt,  and 


THE   WIENER    WUKST    MAN. 


THE   SAUSAGE   MAN. 

4 

the  pepper.  He  is  a  man  not 
without  wit,  but  of  an  aspect 
which  the  irreverent  declare 
to  be  bordering  upon  the 
ludicrous.  If  Hogarth  or 
Gilray  were  alive,  or  if 
Auerbach  would  consent  to 
abandon  the  groves  of  his 
dearly  beloved  Black  Forest, 
and  the  scenes  of  his  native 
German  "Village  Stories" 
for  a  while,  there  would  be 
no  place  on  earth  from 
which  more  abundant  food 
could  be  supplied  for  their 
pencil  or  their  pen.  Mean- 
while, Farney's  sketch,  from 
which  the  accompanying 
engraving  is  made,  will 
give  a  very  good  idea  of 


136  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


the  Wiener  Wurst  Man  and  his  attendant  satellite.  Every  one  "Over 
the  Rhine"  knows  them  both,  and  every  kindly  German  has  a  nod 
and  a  smile  for  the  man  and  the  boy. 

But  it  is  not  only  the  "  Over  the  Ehine  "  of  the  beer  garden,  the 
Music-hall,  the  Turnverein,  the  Bunden,  the  breweries,  the  sausage- 
venders,  the  Deutschen  Apotheken,  the  masked  balls  of  the  Orpheus,  the 
Mannerchor,  and  such  societies,  or  the  fashionable  suppers  of  the  elite  of 
American  and  German  society  at  Hoffman's,  that  distinguish  the  local- 
ity. Nobler  features  are  to  be  seen  there  than  these  or  any  of  these.  It 
is  here  where  in  all  America  the  true  sweetness  of  the  domesticity  of  the 
German  family  life  is  seen  in  all  its  pristine  purity.  But  few  servants 
are  kept,  and  from  early  in  the  morning  till  the  evening  meal  the 
mothers  and  the  daughters  are  busy,  and  happily  busy,  too,  in  home 
duties.  Like  the  girls  waiting  to  be  hired  at  the  market-place  in  Flo- 
tow's  "  Martha,"  they  seem  capable  of  every  thing.  They  can  bake  and 
they  can  brew  and  net,  and  spin  and,  above  all,  knit.  A  thorough  Ger- 
man woman's  hands  are  never  idle.  Even  in  the  evening,  as  she  sits  by 
the  door-step  resting,  or  chatting  with  her  neighbors,  her  dextrous  fin- 
gers are  ever  at  work  with  the  knitting-needle  and  the  stocking  or  the 
children's  or  goodman's  clothes.  She  is  a  happy  creature,  too,  good- 
natured  and  a  careful  economizing  housewife,  but  let  her  neighbor,  or 
her  lodger  even,  be  suffering  or  afflicted,  then  is  none  more  bountiful, 
more  tender-hearted  than  she.  There  is  a  deep  vein  of  religion 
in  the  innermost  recesses  of  the  German  nature.  The  purest  and 
most  elevated  sentiments  are  the  most  loudly  applauded  at  the  Trans- 
rhenane  Theater.  They  have  many  churches,  whose  steeples  and 
spires  rise  one  above  the  other  in  the  Northern  district.  They  are 
literally  crowded  every  Sunday  morning.  In  family  attachment  and 
the  simple  kindliness  of  their  home  life  none  can  assume  any  superi- 
ority over  the  Germans.  Of  their  amusements,  of  their  faults  and  foi- 
bles, but,  at  the  same  time,  of  their  nobler  qualities,  "over  the  Rhine" 
is  a  moving  panorama — a  perfect  epitome. 


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STREET -ARCHITECTURE,  COMMERCE,  AND 
MANUFACTURES. 

THE  great  public  buildings,  the  colleges,  the  schools,  the  libraries, 
the  hospitals,  the  hotels,  the  bridges,  the  parks,  and  the  theaters,  im- 
posing as  they  are  by  themselves,  present  but  one  aspect  of  the  many- 
sided  life  of  a  great  and  busy  city.  They  are  not  the  cradle  of  its 
birth,  but  the  outgrowth  of  its  prosperity,  and  the  social  and  artistic 
features  incidental  to  a  teeming  population,  with  all  its  varied  re- 
quirements. 

In  this  age  of  commerce,  when  the  mechanical  arts  have  been 
developed  to  a  degree  01  perfection  undreamed  of  by  our  forefathers, 
the  hum  of  industry,  the  whir  and  buzz  of  the  factory,  and  the  busy 
multitudes  pouring  along  the  streets  and  flocking  into  the  great  houses 
of  business,  form  the  truest,  the  most  vivid,  and  the  most  striking 
picture  of  the  city,  afford  the  most  imposing  spectacle  the  world  can 
witness  of  the  speed  with  which  a  youthful  city  may  stride  to  opulence 
and  power;  a  city  that,  in  the  year  1800  possessed  only  a  few  log 
cabins,  and  a  population  less  in  numbers  than  the  hands  now  to  be 
found  employed  in  a  single  one  of  her  great  manufactories. 

In  the  number  of  her  manufacturing  establishments,  Cincinnati  is 
only  second  to  Philadelphia;  in  the  excellence  of  their  products,  she 
yields  to  none  in  the  land. 

The  huge  manufactories  in  themselves  attract  tens  of  thousands  to 
her  busy  streets,  and  give  an  immense  impetus  to  her  trade,  both 
foreign  and  local. 

That  her  trade  and  manufactures  are  upon  a  substantial  basis  is 
evident  from  the  massy  solidity  and  elegant  decorations  of  the  chief 
business  houses.  A  view  of  Cincinnati  would  be  most  lamentably  de- 
ficient in  breadth  and  truth  if  these  were  omitted.  For  a  guide-book 
of  Rome  or  Munich,  perhaps  any  extended  allusion  to  commerce 
would  be  unnecessary ;  but  what  would  an  account  of  Cincinnati  be 
without  some  summary  of  her  trade?  Great  numbers  of  her  citizens 
spend  more  than  a  third  of  their  lives  in  their  factories  and  ware- 
houses, and  it  is  by  their  energy,  integrity,  and  enterprise  that  she 
acquires  and  preserves  her  vitality:  and  their  business  houses,  offices, 
and  manufactories  are  as  typical  of  the  fundamental  characteristics  of 
the  city  and  her  wealth,  as  are  the  parks,  the  colleges,  conservatories, 
and  lyceums  of  her  elegance  and  refinement. 


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A  large  number  of  these  leading  houses  have  been  specially  photo- 
graphed and  engraved  for  this  book.  They  are  arranged  street  by 
street,  and  to  each  a  few  words  of  description  have  been  added,  suffi- 
cient to  give  the  reader  some  idea  of  the  style  and  nature  of  the 
business  done. 

FOURTH  STREET. 

Fourth  Street  is  pre-eminently  the  fashionable  street  of  the 
city.  It  runs  from  Pike  Street  east  as  far  west  as  the  center  of  the 
district  flanked  on  one  side  by  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton, 
on  the  other  by  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Railway  Depot.  Soon  after 
leaving  Broadway  the  business  houses  begin,  running  as  far  west  as 
John  Street.  On  fine  afternoons  the  sidewalks  are  thronged  by  as 
many  as  can  be  seen  on  any  of  the  streets  of  New  York.  On  either 
side  there  are  magnificent  hotels,  jewelry,  furniture,  dry  goods,  and 
book  stores,  interspersed  by  offices  of  public  companies  and  profes- 
sional men.  About  John  Street,  beautiful  mansions  of  wealthy 
private  citizens  reappear — many  of  them  with  grass-plots  in  front, 

and  nearly  blooming  with 
flowers  in  the  windows  and 
balconies.  Fourth  Street  is 
the  constant  resort  of  gayly 
dressed  ladies  out  for  a  day's 
shopping,  and  is,  in  many 
respects,  the  main  artery  be- 
tween the  fashionable  life  of 
the  East  and  West  Ends. 

Commencing  at  the  St. 
James  Hotel,  a  few  steps 
toward  Main  Street  will  bring 
us  to  the  first  important  es- 
tablishment on  Fourth  Street 
at  this  side  of  the  city. 

A.  C.  Richards'  Whole- 
sale and  Retail  Furniture 
Warerooms  are  situated  at 
No.  12.  East  Fourth  Street. 
The  building  extends  36  feet 
on  Fourth,  and  has  a  depth 
of  166  feet.  It  is,  including 
A.  c.  RICHARDS.  the  basement,  five  stories  in 


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height.  The  manufactory  is  situated  on  West  Sixth  Street,  and  has 
a  frontage  of  95  feet,  and  a  depth  of  95  feet.  It  is  five  stories  in 
height.  The  lumber  yards  cover  about  141  by  150  feet. 

This  business  was  established  in  the  year  1863,  and,  like  the  city 
itself,  grew  to  large  proportions  from  very  small  beginnings.  There 
are  now  employed  daily  in  the  establishment  about  75  hands. 
Every  operation  is  almost  exclusively  performed  by  steam  power, 

The    retail    rooms    on    East 
Fourth  Street  display  some  of  the 
finest  goods  in  the  furniture  busi-     -T±^ 
ness  line  to  be  seen  in  Cincinnati. 

Mr.  A.  C.  Kichards  is  the  pio- 
neer of  the  furniture  business  in 
this  city.  The  establishment  is 
noted  for  the  production*  of  arti- 
cles of  sterling  worth  as  to  finish, 
design,  and  solidity. 

At  the  various  Expositions 
held  in  Cincinnati  during  the  past 
five  years  Mr.  Richards  was  made 
the  recipient  of  gold  and  silver 
medals,  etc.  His  displays  in  the 
furniture  departments  were  also 
acknowledged  to  be  the  best  in 
specialties  that  were  exhibited. 
The  house  has  a  large  business, 
extending  over  a  very  wide  terri- 
tory, and  the  retail  salesrooms 
are  among  the  finest  on  Fourth 
Street.  The  pioneer  furniture 
manufacturers  of  the  city  have 
done  as  much  by  their  collective 
and  individual  enterprise  to  build  JOHN  VAN. 

up  the  manufactures  of  the  city  as  any  class  that  could  be  named. 
Especially  was  this  the  case  in  the  early  history  of  the  city;  and 
the  immense  factories  that  crowd  Second,  John,  Sixth,  and  other  prin- 
cipal business  streets,  are  evidences  of  their  perseverance  and  skill. 

The  extensive  Stove  and  Eange  Manufactory  of  John  Van  is 
situated  at  No.  10  East  Fourth  Street,  and  was  established  in  the 
year  1854.  The  building  has  a  frontage  of  30  feet,  and  a  depth  of 
100  feet.  Including  the  basement,  it  is  6  stories  in  height. 


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The  main  floor  is  the  show  room,  in  which  are  exhibited  the 
productions  of  the  factory.  The  other  floors  are  devoted  to  manu- 
facturing. The  firm  manufacture  Wrought  Iron  Portable  Ranges 
for  Hotel  and  Family  use,  Broilers,  Carving  Tables,  Stock  Kettles, 
Bake  Ovens,  Laundry  Stoves  with  Dry-room  Attachments,  Coffee, 
Milk,  and  Tea  Urns,  and  all  kinds  of  hotel  implements  for  culinary 
purposes. 

Portable  Ranges,  as  now  made,  are  the  result  of  vast  experience, 
having  undergone  the  thorough  test  of  extensive  use  in  hotels,  public 
institutions,  steamers,  boarding  and  private  houses.  They  are,  in 
all  respects,  suited  to  the  wants  of  those  who  require  large  cooking 
facilities;  and,  in  addition  to  the  convenience  and  increased  capa- 
city of  cooking  surface,  they  are  so  constructed  as  to  be  capable  of 

boiling  a  large 
body  of  water, 
which  can  be 
conducted  into 
any  adjoin- 
ing apartment 
without  inter- 
fering with  the 
cooking  opera- 
tions, and  with- 
out additional 
fuel. 

There  are 
about  50  hands 
constantly  em- 
ployed. The 
firm  forward 
their  goods  to 
almost  every 
State  in  the 
Union,  and  to 
Canada. 

Among  the 
finest  establish- 
ments which  or- 
nament Fourth 

Street,  the  grand  thoroughfare  of  the  city,  there  is  none,  possibly,  more 
interesting  than  the  fine  warerooms  of  M'Henry  &  Co.,  the  principal 


M  HENRY   &    CO. 


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141 


importers  and  dealers  in  cut  glass,  crystal,  and  bronze  Gas  Fixtures 
and  Chandeliers.  Their  fine  buildings,  having  two  fronts — one  on 
Main,  at  No.  162,  and  another  on  Fourth  Street,  at  Nos.  6  and  8 — in- 
vite the  stranger  to  enter  on  either  street.  The  splendid  show  rooms 
are  adorned  with  the  most  elaborate  collection  of  fine  chandeliers, 
representing  the  beautiful  in  art  and  utility. 

The  walls  all  round  are  covered  with  shelves,  on  which  are  placed 
miniature  bronzes  in 
sets  and  figures,  repre- 
senting scenes  of  every 
description  that  one 
may  wish  for.  In  the 
center  of  the  floors  are 
statues  in  bronze  nearly 
as  large  as  life,  and  sev- 
eral figures  represent- 
ing warriors  clad  in 
mail,  and  distinguished 
soldiers,  statesmen,  etc. 

The  crystal  room  repre-      ::"iiilllli  ' -; i!l '• '!' »•     .  > illllllllllllllllliiillliilliliill'liii:i!!: 

sents  every  style  of  glit- 
tering Bohemian  Glass, 
combined  in  tasteful 
pendents,  loops,  etc.,  ar- 
t  ranged  as  parlor  chan- 
deliers. 

The  lamp  depart- 
ment is  rich  in  hun- 
dreds of  tasteful  pat- 
terns, with  Ornamental 
Globes,  in  all  of  the 
delightful  tints  and 
shades,  and  ornamented 
with  intricate  devices, 
medallions,  and  fine 
tracery  of  elegant  work- 
manship. 

John  Holland's 
Gold  Pen  Manufactory 
is  situated  at  No.  19 
West  Fourth  Street.  JOHN  HOLLAND. 


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The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1842.  Its  beginning  was 
•small,  and  it  took  years  before  it  reached  the  magnitude  it  has  now 
attained.  It  now  ranks  as  the  second  largest  manufactory  of  this 
class  of  goods  in  the  United  States,  and  the  house  has  branches  in 
New  York,  San  Francisco,  and  other  cities.  For  year  after  year  it 
has  received  the.  contract  for  supplying  the  United  States  Treasury 
Department  in  Washington.  The  business  of  the  house  extends 
over  almost  every  State  of  the  Union,  and  it  has  made  several  ship- 
ments of  Gold  Pens  to  Europe. 

A  complete  description  of  the  machinery  and   appliances  of  the 

factory  would  fill  several  pages 
of  this  book.  The  main  pro- 
ductions, however,  are  fine  Gold 
Pens  and  Pencil  Cases,  mounted 
in  gold,  pearl,  ivory,  ebony, 
rosewood,  or  silver;  and  gold, 
rubber,  and  silver  mounted 
Tooth  Picks.  In  the  produc- 
tion of  these  articles  the  estab- 
lishment is  simply  not  out- 
rivaled in  the  world. 

The  House  of  George  Mel- 
drum,  No.  23  West  Fourth 
Street,  is  one  of  the  oldest  in 
the  Glass  and  Paint  business  in 
the  city,  having  been  established 
in  the  year  1838.  The  building 
has  a  frontage  of  30  feet,  and  a 
^  depth  of  180  feet,  and  is,  includ- 
ing the  basement,  five  stories  in 
height.  The  stock  includes  the 
following  among  the  principal 
lines  of  articles,  namely — White  Lead,  French  Zinc,  French  Ochre, 
English  Venetian  Red,  fine  Colors  of  all  kinds,  dry  and  ground  in  oil, 
Coach  Colors/Bronzes,  Lakes,  Gold  Paint,  Glues,  Sand  Paper,  Gold, 
Silver,  and  Metal  Leaf,  Whiting,  Paris  White,  Chalk,  Sponges,  Chamois, 
Fillers,  superior  English  and  American  Varnishes,  Tube  Colors, 
Crayons,  Diamonds,  Pumice  Stone,  Potash,  Paint  Mills,  fine  artist, 
color,  and  varnish  Brushes,  full  assortment  of  Painters'  Materials, 
Polished  Plate  Glass,  Figured  Glass,  Enameled  Glass,  Colored  Glass, 
Hammered  Glass  for  roofs  and  floors.  The  firm  do  a  very  extensive 


GEORGE    MELDRUM. 


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143 


business  in  French  and  American  window-glass,  and  keep  at  all  times 
an  extensive  assortment  on  hand — their  warehouse  facilities  for 
storing  boxes  of  glass  of  the  different  sizes  being  very  great.  They 
also  keep  on  hand  a  full  variety  of  stained  glass,  comprising  every 
thing  in  this  line  needed  for  churches  Qr  private  dwellings.  They 
have  supplied  most  of  the  stained  glass  used  in  many  of  the  fine 
private  mansions  at 
Clifton  and  other  sub- 
urbs of  the  city.  Their 
trade  in  this  depart- 
ment is  steadily  in- 
creasing, and  new  pat- 
terns and  designs  in 
this  beautiful  material 
are  constantly  received. 
The  members  of  the 
firm  are  G.  Meldrum 
and  T.  G.  Beaham. 

The  Publishing 
House  of  Geo.  E. 
Stevens  &  Co.  is  at 
No.  39  West  Fourth 
Street,  next  to  St.  Paul's 
Episcopal  Church.  The 
firm  was  established  in 
1869,  taking  the  busi- 
ness which  dated  back 
to  1856.  The  building 
has  a  frontage  of  24 
feet,  and  is  four  stories 
in  height.  It  is  fitted 
up  in  the  most  complete 
manner,  both  for  the 

,       ,  ,  ,  GEO.    E.    STEVENS   &   CO. 

wholesale    and     retail 

business.  Upon  the  shelves  in  the  retail  department  the  visitor  will 
find  new  and  standard  works  in  every  branch  of  literature.  Special 
attention  is  given  to  orders  for  Libraries,  and  the  supplying  of 
Reference  Books  and  Manuals  in  all  departments. 

They  issue,  from  time  to  time,  carefully  prepared  lists  of  im- 
portant new  publications,  which  they  will  send  gratis.  For  this 
purpose  they  desire  the  Post-office  address  of  librarians,  teachers, 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


professional  men,  and  book  buyers  generally.  They  make  their  store 
a  resort  for  lovers  of  books,  whether  they  wish  to  purchase  or  not, 
and  request  correspondence  with  all  such. 

The  wholesale  trade,  which  is  very  extensive,  and  covers  a  terri- 
tory embracing  all  the  Central  States,  is  conducted  on  the  most 
systematic  method,  the  customers  of  the  house,  all  through  the  coun- 
try, being  promptly  supplied  with  all  of  the  new  books  as  fast  as 
they  are  published.  This  department  of  the  business  is  carried  on 
in  a  separate  building — No.  134  Walnut  Street — specially  adapted 
for  its  purpose.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Geo.  E.  Stevens  and 
Geo.  B.  Nichols. 

The  Retail  Shirt  Manufacturing  Establishment  and  Gentlemen's 
Furnishing  Goods  Warehouse  of  A.  J.  Clark  is  situated  at  the 
south-east  corner  of  Fourth  and  Walnut  Streets,  and  was  established 
in  the  year  1861.  Situated  at  the  intersection  of  two  of  the  principal 
thoroughfares  of  the  city,  the  house  enjoys  an  extensive  patronage. 


A.   J.    CLARK. 


The  manufacture  of  shirts  is  carried  on  in  the  upper  floors  of  the 
building,  which  extend  on  Walnut  Street  a  distance  of  nearly  120  feet. 
The  business  of  the  house  extends  over  all  of  the  entire  South  and 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  145 


West,  the  formulas  of  self  measurement  (which  may  be  had  on  appli- 
cation) enabling  a  large  number  of  orders  to  be  filled  by  mail. 

The  house  imports  its  own  linen  and  hosiery.  The  miscellaneous 
stock  embraces  all  that  may  be  found  in  the  most  complete  gentle- 
men's furnishing  department. 

The  establishment  of  Duhme  &  Co.,  Jewelers,  is  situated  at  the 
corner  of  Fourth  and  Walnut  Streets,  only  one  square  from  the  Post- 
office. 

The  tourist  who  desires  to  see  one  of  the  finest  jewelry  salesrooms  on 
the  Continent  will  not  be  disappointed  in  visiting  this.  The  internal 
arrangements  are  of  the  most  complete  order,  and  show  to  advantage 
a  very  rich  display  of  Gold  Jewelry,  besides  a  large  quantity  of  Silver 
Goods,  upon  some  pieces  of  which  great  expense  is  incurred  in  order 
to  give  to  them  the  character  of  art  productions.  Glass  cases  of  arti- 
cles in  plate,  combining  the  ornamental  and  useful  for  household  use, 
are  specially  interesting,  as  showing  the  beautiful  art  of  electro- 
plating. 

The  word  jewelry  now-a-days  means  so  much  that  it  is  simply  im- 
possible to  enumerate  all  of  the  articles  so  designated.  The  following, 
however,  includes  almost  enough  to  satisfy  any  ordinary  visitor  to 
this  establishment:  Decorative  gold  and  silver  plate,  such  as  racing 
cups,  testimonials,  centerpieces,  salvers,  candelabra,  etc. ;  table  plate, 
such  as  soup  and  sauce  tureens,  dessert  services,  claret  jugs,  wine 
coolers,  cruet  frames,  etc.;  gold  and  silver-plated  goods,  electro- 
plated goods,  gilt  and  ormolu  work  for  table  and  personal  decorations 
of  various  kinds,  jewelry  containing  precious  stones,  gold  and  silver 
jewelry  without  precious  stones,  etc.,  besides  a  miscellaneous  assort- 
ment of  articles;  many  of  which  would  come  under  the  designation  of 
hardware  goods  as  readily  as  under  that  of  jewelry.  The  designers 
are  noted  for  their  consummate  taste. 

Attention  can  not  fail  to  be  directed  to  the  Diamond  and  Precious 
Stone  department,  this  house  being  the  principal  one  engaged  in 
this  business  in  the  West.  French  Bronzes,  Clocks,  Candelabra,  etc., 
represent  the  finest  work  of  foreign  artists,  while  Epergnes,  Cake  and 
Fruit  Baskets  and  table  utensils  illustrate  the  productions  of  the 
house.  The  manufacturing  department  is  on  the  lower  and  upper 
floors  of  the  building,  and  about  150  skilled  artisans,  artificers,  and 
diamond  setters  are  employed. 

The  house  was  established  in  1836.  The  members  of  the  firm  are 
Herman  Duhme  and  E.  H.  Galbreath.  This  firm  is  known  as  the 
most  extensive  jewelers  in  the  West. 

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The  Krebs  Lithographing  Company  are  situated  in  the 
Carlisle  Building,  on  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Walnut  Streets. .  The 
"Carlisle"  is  one  of  the  finest  buildings  of  the  city,  and  the  Krebs 
Company  occupy  two  of  the  large  floors  of  the  building.  Their 
establishment  is  replete  with  the  best  >  lithographing  and  printing 
machinery,  and  their  work  includes  every  variety  of  lithographic  and 
chromo-lithographic  productions:  Bonds,  Checks,  Drafts,  Diplomas, 
etc.  In  fine  color  printing  the  firm  ranks  second  to  none  in  America. 
Their  business  extends  over  a  territory  which  includes  almost  every 
State  in  the  Union. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Adolph  Krebs,  W.  D.  Henderson, 
and  F.  Veigel. 

Lithography  is  the  art  of  drawing  or  engraving  upon  stone  designs, 
from  which  impressions  can  be  taken  on  paper.  It  is  a  branch  of 
engraving,  and  an  important  one,  since  it  has,  to  a  great  extent,  super- 
seded engraving  on  steel  and  copper,  particularly  for  maps,  plans,  and 
commercial  purposes.  Its  comparative  cheapness — the  cost  being  only 
one-third  that  of  engraving  upon  metal — commends  it  to  general  use ; 
and  with  the  advance  in  the  art,  designs  are  now  produced  which  are 
very  little  inferior  to  the  best  specimens  of  wood  and  steel  engraving 
of  the  same  class.  The  first  specimen  of  lithography  executed  in  the 
United  States  was  published  in  the  Analectic  Magazine  for  July,  1819. 
In  the  same  year  discoveries  of  a  white  stone,  suitable  for  the  work, 
were  made  in  Indiana. 

The  stone  used  is  a  light-colored  yellow  or  blue-gray  calcareous 
limestone,  the  best  of  which  comes  from  Bavaria,  though  they  are 
found  in  France;  and  an  excellent  stone  has  been  brought  from  Cape 
Giarardeau,  in  Missouri. 

It  is  almost  impossible  to  estimate  too  highly  the  value  of  the 
work  done  by  lithography  in  popularizing  art  among  the  people.  A 
lithograph  enters  thousands  of  homes  where,  in  its  absence,  the  cost 
of  steel  or  copper  would  necessarily  leave  the  walls  bare  and  un- 
adorned. To  the  business  world  its  benefits  have  been  literally  ines- 
timable. They  have  been  adapted  with  the  most  wonderful  exactitude 
and  speedy  execution  to  the  demands  of  the  railway,  the  steamship, 
the  factory,  and  the  counting-house,  and  nearly  nine-tenths  of  the 
illustrations  we  see  placarded  in  railway  waiting  rooms,  hotels,  and 
other  places  of  public  resort,  are  the  product  of  lithography.  By  its 
means  the  manufacturer  or  the  common  carrier  are  enabled,  with  but 
little  expense,  to  place  before  the  public  such  specimens  of  their  work, 
or  views  on  their  route,  which  would  be  impossible  upon  wood  or  metal. 


148  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


The  salesrooms  of  "Wheeler  <fe  Wilson  are  at  No.  55  West 
Fourth  Street.  They  are  fitted  in  taste,  without  ostentation,  and  con- 
sist of  a  show  room,  in  which  the  different  styles  of  machines  are  ex- 
hibited, and  offices,  in  which  the  large  out-door  business  of  the  estab- 
lishment is  conducted. 

It  has  been  conceded  that,  notwithstanding  there  is  no  such  thing 
as  the  best  sewing  machine,  the  Wheeler  and  Wilson  is  the  most 
progressive  of  the  age,  and  embodies  more  of  the  genuine  and  valuable 
modern  contrivances  than  any  sewing  machine  now  known  to  the 
American  public.  At  all  hours  ladies  may  be  found  in  the  elegant 


INTERIOR    VIEW    OF   WHEELER    AND    WILSON  S. 

rooms  of  this  establishment  inspecting  the  working  of  the  machines. 
There  are  in  this  establishment  35  clerks  employed  in  the  different 
departments,  and  700  out-door  salesmen.  The  business  is  conducted 
by  H.  B.  Gibson,  under  the  firm  name  of  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Manufac- 
turing Company,  and  the  territory  over  which  they  have  control 
includes  the  States  of  Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  Kentucky,  Indiana,  West 
Virginia,  and  Tennessee. 

There  are  few  inventions  of  recent  date  which  have  been  brought 
into  use  more  rapidly  and  extensively  than  the  sewing  machine.  If 
we  watch  a  needlewoman  in  the  various  processes  called  by  her  sew- 
ing, stitching,  felling,  hemming,  running,  tacking,  basting,  whipping, 
etc.,  we  see  different  modes  of  thrusting  a  threaded  needle  through  the 
cloth,  and  of  entangling  the  thread  in  its  own  loops  on  one  or  both 


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sides  of  the  cloth.     The  machines  imitate,  more  or  less  closely,  the 
movements  by  which  all  this  is  done. 

The  Paper-hanging  and  Window-shade  establishment  of  the  Ga- 
margo  Manufacturing  Company  is  situated  at  No.  57  West 
Fourth  Street,  and  is  both  inter- 
nally and  externally  one  of  the 
handsomest  business  houses  on  the 
great  principal  thoroughfare.  It 
has  a  front  of  36  feet  and  a  depth 
of  100  feet,  and  is,  including  the 
basement,  six  stories  in  height. 
The  main  floor  is  fitted  up  as  the 
sample  and  show  room,  and  con- 
tains specimens  of  Foreign  and 
American  Paper-hangings  and 
American  Window-shades.  The 
upper  floors  of  this  ware-house 
are  filled  with  duplicates  of  the 
articles  shown  in  the  sample- 
rooms. 

The  manufactory  of  the  Com- 
pany is  situated  at  Nos.  228  and 
230  Pearl  Street,  and  has  a  front- 
age of  40  feet,  a  depth  of  95  feet, 
and  a  height  of  four  stories.  The 
firm  are  the  most  extensive  dealers 
in  Paper-hangings  and  the  largest 
manufacturers  of  Window-shades 
in  the  city  or  State.  The  engraving  represents  the  retail  ware-rooms. 
The  house  was  established  in  1850.  The  proprietor  is  H.  H.  Bren- 
eman.  Their  trade  lies  principally  in  the  AVest  and  South. 

Wall  paper  is  the  modern  and  economical  substitute  for  the  ancient 
hand  or  loom  woven  tapestries,  which  have  been  used  in  many  coun- 
tries'from  the  earliest  times.  Homer  speaks  of  them,  and  the  oldest 
Hebrew  records  describe  the  elaborate  and  costly  hangings  "wrought 
in  gold  and  silver,  and  in  divers  colors."  Shakespeare  shows  Polo- 
nius  hiding,  and  FalstafF  asleep,  behind  the  "arras,"  the  common 
name  in  England,  in  old  times,  for  French  tapestries,  for  which 
Arras  Avas  celebrated.  The  Flemings,  French,  and  Italians,  were 
rivals  in  this  manufacture.  Tapestry  weaving  was  introduced  in 
England  in  the  reign  of  Henrv  VIII. 


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JOHN    CHURCH   &   CO. 


John  Church  &  Co.,  Music  and  Music  Book  Publishers  and 
dealers  in  Musical  Instruments,  are  situated  at  No.  60  West  Fourth 
Street,  nearly  opposite  Pike's  Opera-house.  This  is  the  largest  Music 


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Publishing  House  in  Cincinnati  or  the  State  of  Ohio.  The  business 
was  established  in  the  year  1854.  In  addition  to  their  own  catalogue 
they  keep  a  stock  of  all  other  Music  and  Music  Books  published  in 
the  country. 

The  firm  imports  Musical  Instruments  of  every  description.  They 
are  the  agents  for  the  "Weber,"  and  other  first-class  Pianos  and  Cabi- 
net Organs.  They  supply  full  catalogues  on  application.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  firm  are  John  Church,  Jr.,  and  John  B.  Trevor. 


F.    SHULTZE   &   CO. 


The  Importing  House  of  F.  Schultze  &  Co.,  is  at  No.  72  and  74 
West  Fourth  Street,  nearly  opposite  Pike's  Opera-house.  The  firm 
make  a  speciality  of  the  finest  description  of  French  China,  Plain, 


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or 


Cut,  Engraved,  and  Colored  Glassware.  The  very  finest  productions 
of  the  European  factories  may  be  seen  in  profusion  at  Schultze  &  Go's. 
In  ordinary  staple  goods  their  stock  is  always  extensive,  as  they 
have  a  wholesale  trade  which  extends  throughout  the  States  of  Ohio, 
Indiana,  Kentucky,  Illinois,  Missouri,  Iowa,  Alabama,  Tennessee,  and 
Louisiana. 

The  wholesale  department  presents  every  feature  that  distinguishes 
the  leading  houses  of  the  country  in  this  line  of  business,  and  the 
articles  can  not  be  enumerated  except  by  catalogue. 

This  house  was  established  in  the  year  1849,  under  the  firm  name 
of  F.  Schultze  &  Co. ;  but,  since  1869,  F.  Schultze  is  the  sole  member 
of  the  firm. 

Wilson  Brothers,  Shirt  Manufacturers  and  Men's  Furnishers, 
79  West  Fourth  Street.  Being  located  in  Pike's  Opera-house  secures 

them  one  of  the  best 
locations  in  the  city. 
To  give  the  public  an 
idea  of  their  business, 
the  following  figures 
are  given:  Their  store 
is  18  by  128  feet,  with 
factory  and  laundry  of 
about  4,000  square  feet 
of  floor.  Their  estab- 
lishment in  Chicago  is 
40  by  168  feet,  with 
factory  and  laundry  in 
same  building  of  14,000 
square  feet  of  floor. 
Nearly  all  their  ma- 
chinery is  driven  by 
steam  power,  which 
enables  them  to  give 
their  patrons  goods  not 
surpassed  in  manufac- 
ture. Their  Underwear, 
Hosiery,  Gloves,  Neck-wear,  etc.,  are  selected  from  the  prominent  man- 
ufacturers of  Europe"  and  America.  Their  house  was  established  in 
1869.  Their  houseln  Chicago  was  established  in  1863. 

There  are  no  authentic  statistics  of  shirts,  so  far  as  our  present 
knowledge  extends ;  but  it  requires  no  very  complicated  calculation  to 


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show  that  the  number  of  collars  and  cuffs  which  must  be  manufac- 
tured in  the  United  States  in  a  year  is  immense.  We  have  a  popu- 
lation of  about  forty  million  persons.  Suppose  the  very  liberal 
allowance  of  one-quarter  deducted  as  too  young  for  such  articles  of 
costume,  and  another  quarter  as  too  slovenly  or  too  poor,  and  twenty 
millions  remain.  Now,  at  six  collars,  and  six  pairs  of  cuffs  each — 
an  extremely  moderate  rate — being  eighteen  items  in  all,  the  United 
States  at  any  given  moment  is  using  three  hundred  and  sixty  million 
articles  of  white  goods — or  thirty  million  dozen — for  dress  finish  at 
neck  and  wrists.  These  six  collars  and  six  pairs  of  cuffs  will  not,  on 
an  average,  last  more  than  a  year;  and  therefore  the  above  total 
quantity  must  be  manufactured  anew  every  year. 

Jeffras,  Seeley  &  Go's,  wholesale  Millinery  and  Fine  Dry 


INTERIOR  VIEW  OF  JEFFRAS,  SEELEY  &  CO/S. 

Goods  salesrooms  are  situated  at  No.  99  West  Fourth  Street^  next 
door  to  the  Post-office.  The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1850. 
The  building  has  a  frontage  of  35  feet,  and  extends  back  to  Burnet 
Street,  a  distance  of  over  180  feet.  It  is  seven  stories  in  height.  Every 
modern  convenience  for  .the  rapid  transaction  of  a  large  business  is  to 
be  found  in  every  department  of  the  building.  It  is  one  of  the  most 
complete  establishments  of  its  kind  in  America.  Steam  passenger  ele- 
vators transport  visitors  from  floor  to  floor.  In  the  upper  stories 
there  are  about  300  operatives  constantly  employed.  A  specialty  of 
the  house  is  the  manufacture  of  Ladies'  Cloaks,  Suits,  and  Underwear. 
The  lior.se  is  renowned  as  one  of  the  leading  millinery  houses  of 
the  city,  if  not  of  the  State. 

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General  millinery  includes  straw  hats  and  bonnets,  bonnets  covered 
with  velvet  and  other  woven  materials,  artificial  flowers,  dressed  and 
dyed  feathers,  hats,  and  plaiting  of  the  fibre  of  the  various  trees,  etc. 
All  these  relate  to  coverings  and  ornaments  for  the  head,  and  such 
seems  to  be  generally  the  application  of  the  term  millinery  in  relation 
to  \vomen's  attire.  Human  hair,  now  so  generally  worn,  may  be 
classified  as  millinery,  seeing  that  it  is  also  a  most  ornamental  cover- 
ing for  the  head.  The  amount  of  produce  in  these  departments  of 
clothing  can 
scarcely  be 
guessed  at,  so 
much  does  it 
lie  beyond 
the  scope  of 
statistical 
tabulation. 

One  of  the 
most  promi- 
nent of  the 
Dry  Goods 
firms  of  the 
city  is  John 
Sliillito  & 
Co.  This 
house  is  en- 
gaged in  the 
wholesale  and 
retail  busi- 
ness, and  was 
established  in 
1831.  Their 
salesrooms  on 
West  Fourth 
Street,  within 
one  door  of 

the  Post-office,  is  one  of  the  principal  places  of  attraction  to  lady 
visitors  and  strangers  generally. 

On  the  main  floor  in  the  different  departments  there  is.  a  large 
number  of  salesmen  and  saleswomen  employed.  The  basement  of  the 
building  is  used  as  Carpet  salesroom,  in  which  business  this  firm  is 
largely  interested.  The  retail  business  is  transacted  on  the  first  and 


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second  floors,  while  the  third  and  fourth  floors  are  devoted  to  the 
wholesale  trade.  This  firm  also  occupies  extensive  warehouses  on 
Pearl  Street.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  John  Shillito,  Wallace 
Shillito,  and  Gordon  Shillito. 

The  Mitchell  and  Rammelsberg"  Furniture  Company's 
retail  ware-rooms .  are  situated  at  Nos.  107,  109,  111,  and  113  West 
--..i=z±=-.  Fourth  Street, 

gj._=Jji  j^s  ^   ^_          and  have  a  front- 

age of  100  feet 
and  a  depth  of 
150  feet.  The 
building  is,  in- 
cluding the  base- 
ment, 7  stories  in 
height. 

The  wholesale 
ware-rooms  and 
m  a  n  u  f  a  c  t  o  ries 
are  situated  on 
Second  Street,  on 
both  sides  of 
John  Street. 
Tfye  manufac- 
tories are,  in  all 
probability,  the 
largest  engaged 
in  the  manufac- 
ture of  furniture 
in  the  world. 
T  h  e  w  o  r  k  ing 
area  of  floors 
amounts  to  242,- 
450  square  feet. 
There  are,  alto- 
gether, 80  wood 
working  ma- 
chines, propelled  by  steam.  The  number  of  hands  employed  is  750. 
The  lumber  yards  cover  about  fwo  acres.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished in  the  year  1836,  and  grew  from  a  very  small  beginning  to  its 
present  mammoth  proportions.  Perhaps  there  is  no  other  establish- 
ment in  Cincinnati  that  grew  in  proportion  as  fast  as  the  city  itself. 


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158  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


The  retail  salesrooms  are  well  worth  visiting.  The  traveler  will 
probably  not  see  in  any  city  in  Europe  or  America  such  a  rare  col- 
lection of  fine  articles  in  the  furniture  line  as  may  be  seen  on  the 
second  floor  of  the  establishment  on  Fourth  Street. 

The  firm  import  costly  works  of  art,  which  are  distributed  through 
their  rooms.  They  manufacture  furniture  for  "the  million,"  from  the 
commonest  table  and  chair  to  the  finest  suites  for  parlor,  drawing- 
room,  library,  bedroom,  or 
dining-room  that  can  be  fur- 
nished. Robert  Mitchell,  Presi- 
dent; A.  H.  Mitchell,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer. 

Among  the  finest  salesrooms 
that  Cincinnati  can  boast  of  is 
the  Hat  and  Fur  establishment 
of  A.  E.  Burkhardt  <fe  Co., 
No.  113  West  Fourth  Street 
(sign  of  tlje  golden  lion).  The 
house  forms  part  of  the  new  and 
extensive  building  erected  by 
the  Mitchell  and  Eammelsberg 
Furniture  Company. 

The  internal  arrangements 
comprise  all  that  modern  art 
can  do  to  render  a  salesroom 
elegant,  luxurious,  and  con- 
venient. Immense  cases,  con- 
structed of  fine  woods,  plate 
glass,  and  colored  marble  panel- 
A.  E.  BURKHARDT  &  co.  \T\g*,  reveal  the  most  costly  dis- 

play  of  the  finer  productions  in  fine  Furs,  Hats,  and  other  el  cetera. 
Provision  is  made  for  "the  million"  by  the  multitudinous  assort- 
ment of  articles  in  each  department. 

In  connection  with  the  establishment  is  a  Fur  Manufactory,  where 
a  number  of  operators  are  employed  during  the  whole  year.  A  branch 
house  is  situated  at  No.  183  Main  Street.  The  house  was  established 
in  the  year  1867.  The  raw  skin  department  of  this  house  is  the  most 
extensive  in  Cincinnati  for  furriers'  purposes,  and  they  receive  ship- 
ments from  the  remotest  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  A.  E.  Burkhardt  and  F.  B.  Burkhardt. 
The  silk  hat,  or  beaver  hat,  as  it  is  still  called  from  the  time  when 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  159. 


the  fur  of  the  beaver  was  chiefly  used  in  its  manufacture,  is  made  from 
silk  plush.  The  silk  is  fitted  upon  a  frame,  and  the  entire  structure 
is  molded  into  shape  by  hot  irons.  The  delicacy  and  accuracy  of  its 
lines  and  curves  is  a  matter  of  great  importance,  and  requires  great 
skill  in  the  workman.  The  silk  hats  of  American  manufacture  are 
generally  acknowledged  to  be  the  best  made,  since  they  combine 
strength  and  solidity  with  lightness.  This  last  quality  is  one  of  prime 
importance,  since  the  hat  is  so  stiff,  and  the  head  is  sensitive  to  weight. 
The  best  hats  made  often  weigh  less  than  five  ounces  each,  though  it 
is  difficult  to  combine  with  such  lightness  the  strength  which  will 
enable  them  to  last  very  long. 

There  are  89  hands  employed  in  making  hats  and  caps  in  Cincin- 
nati, and  the  value  of  their  product  in  1873  amounted  to  over  $100,000. 

The  Lithographic  Printing  establishment  of  Strobridge  <fe  Co. 
is  situated  in  the  fine  building  on  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Race 
Streets,  one  square  from  the  Post-office,  and  was  established  in  the 
year  1868.  The  concern  monopolizes  three  floors  of  the  great  build- 
ing— the  counting  room  being  on  the  second  floor,  and  the  designing, 
lithographing,  and  printing  rooms  being  on  the  third  and  fourth 
floors.  The  Company  employ  eight  power  presses  and  a  large  number 
of  ordinary  lithographic  presses.  Their  work  includes  every  thing  in 
the  lithographic  and  chromo-lithographic  printing  line.  They  exe- 
cute Bonds,  Deeds,  Drafts,  Checks,  and  all  the  other  et  cetera  of  com- 
mercial business.  A  fine  specimen  of  their  work  is  displayed  in  the 
hew  map  of  Cincinnati  accompanying  this  book.  The  Company  em- 
ploy 50  skilled  workmen,  and  is  incorporated.  Wm.  Simmer,  Presi- 
dent ;  Hines  Strowbridge,  Manager  and  Secretary. 

By  the  process  of  Chromo-lithography  designs  are  printed  in  two 
or  more  colors,  each  stone  carrying  a  different  color,  and  being 
engraved  or  drawn  with  the  design  which  is  to  be  represented  in  a 
particular  color.  In  printing  from  one  stone  after  another,  by  which 
the  successive  shades  and  colors  are  transferred  to  the  paper  till  the 
design  is  completed,  the  most  accurate  registration  is  imperative.  For 
ordinary  purposes,  such  as  checks,  drafts,  business  cards  of  all  sizes, 
title-pages,  etc.,  only  two  or  three  colors  are  used.  As  applied  to  the 
copy  of  oil  paintings,  however,  chromo-lithography  may  fairly  claim 
place  among  the  fine  arts.  The  German  chromo-lithographs,  particu- 
larly those  executed  in  Vienna,  are  considered  the  best;  and  then,  in 
order,  come  those  of  Berlin,  London,  Paris,  and  the  United  States. 
By  this  process  copies  of  paintings  have  been  made  so  accurately, 
with  so  perfect  a  reproduction  of  every  shade  of  coloring,  that  the 


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chromo-lithographic  copy  can  scarcely  be  distinguished  from  the 
original  painting. 

The  Dueber  "Watch  Case  Manufucturing  Company's 
Establishment  is  situated  in  the  building  on  the  south-west  corner 
of  Fourth  and  Race  Streets. 

Mr.  John  C.  Dueber  established  this  business  in  1864.  The  busi- 
ness grew  steadily  ever  since,  and  the  Dueber  Watch  Case  Manufac- 
turing Company  was  incorporated  in  1873.  The  floor-space  now 
occupied  by  their  manufactory  exceeds  12,000  square  feet. 

The  accompanying  engraving  illustrates  one  of  the  main  rooms  of 
their  manufactory,  where  about  60  skilled  workmen  are  employed. 
They  manufacture  all  kinds  of  Gold  and  Silver  Watch  Cases,  and  the 
reputation  the  "Dueber"  Watch  Cases  have  made  for  themselves,  in 
all  the  States,  from  Maine  to  California,  is  abundant  proof  of  their 
superiority  and  intrinsic  value. 

Long  years  of  experience  enables  the  Dueber  Wratch  Manufactur- 
ing Company  to  turn  out  watch-cases  of  great  beauty,  and  in  those  of 
high  cost  great  elaboration  of  detail.  It  has  always  been  supposed — 
owing  to  the  want  of  experience,  great  skill  required,  and  the  high 
price  of  labor  in  America — that  the  business  of  watch-case  making, 
and  particularly  the  finer  descriptions  of  these  articles,  would  be  con- 
fined almost  exclusively  to  Switzerland  ;  but  the  American  energy  and 
enterprise  have  supplied  ingenious  machines  and  expert  workmen, 
whose  efforts  have  been  crowned  with  success, *and  many  of  the  beau- 
tiful cases  made  by  this  company  vie  in  costliness,  workmanship,  and 
finish  with  the  finest  productions  of  the  best  foreign  artists. 

The  Wholesale  Millinery  and  Straw  Goods  House  of  "Wm.  H. 
Thayer  <fe  Co.  is  situated  at  Nos.  147  and  149  West  Fourth  Street. 
The  building  is  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  on  the  great  principal 
thoroughfare.  The  firm  were  established  in  the  year  1840. 

The  accommodations  afforded  for  the  transaction  of  business  are  on 
an  extensive  scale.  There  are  four  floors,  each  31  feet  in  width  and 
125  feet  in  length.  The  counting-room,  which  is  comfortably  fur- 
nished, is  on  the  second  floor.  The  firm  have  received  many 
encomiums  in  medals  from  the  Commissioners  of  the  Industrial 
Exposition  of  Cincinnati  for  the  best  display  of  Millinery  Goods. 

A  resident  buyer  in  New  York  keeps  the  establishment  supplied 
with  any  novelties  that  may  be  produced  in  their  line.  In  the  Fall 
and  Spring  season  the  house  is  seen  to  the  best  advantage,  when  the 
counters  and  shelves  are  filled  with  the  hundreds  of  costly  articles  in- 
cluded under  the  name  of  Millinery. 


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The  display  of  artifi- 
cial flowers  shown  by  this 
firm  daring  the  Spring 
and  Fall  season  attracts 
great  attention  from  the 
trade.  All  the  three 
kingdoms  of  nature  ap- 
pear to  be  represented  in 
the  supply  of  the  materi- 
als. Flowers,  leaves, 
petals,  seed-pods,  buds, 
stamens  —  all  are  com- 
plete in  the  most  natural 
guise,  and  the  observer 
can  barely  persuade  him- 
self  while  wa Iking 
•through  the  long  rows  of 
tables,  lined  on  either 
side  with  open  boxes  of 
artificial  flowers,  that  he 
is  not  looking  at  well 
arranged  bouquets  culled 
from  the  garden  of  nature 
herself.  The  member* of 
of  the  firm  are  Wm.  H. 
Thayer,  Wm.  P.  Stewart, 
and  J.  E.  Q.  Maddox. 
The  Retail  Jewelry  Salesrooms  of  Wm.  Wilson  M'Grew  are 
situated  at  No.  152  West  Fourth  Street,  between  Race  and  Elm.  This 
is  one  of  the  oldest  establishments  in  the  jewelry  business  in  Cincin- 
nati, having  been  established  in  the  year  1805.  The  house  has  ever 
since,  with  only  one  brief  interval,  been  in  active  operation..  Many 
of  the  oldest  pioneers  of  Cincinnati  were  customers  of  the  firm  nearly 
fifty  years  ago. 

The  establishment  is  noted  for  its  tasteful  displays  in  every  thing 
appertaining  to  the  decorative  jewelry  business.  The  most  beautiful 
productions  of  the  gold  and  silversmiths'  handicraft  may  be  inspected 
here,  as  well  as  the  ordinary  silver-ware  and  plated  service. 

The  progress  in  taste  in  this,  which  may  now  justly  be  regarded  as 
one  of  the  arts,  has  been  wonderful  of  late  years.  Cultivation  seems 
to  have  blotted  out  forever  the  formal  and  angular  ugliness  of  the 


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eighteenth  century  and  to 
have  brought  men  back  again 
to  the  purer  modeling  of  an- 
tiquity, united  with  the  love 
for  the  picturesque  that  has 
distinguished  the  most  fertile 
periods  of  post  -  Christian 
times.  It  is  no  little  thing, 
then,  to  say  that  in  gold  and 
silver  work  the  jewelers  of 
Cincinnati  enjoy  a  rare  pre- 
eminence. 

The  salesroom  is  fitted  up 
with  a  degree  of  taste  that 
harmonizes  with  its  contents. 
A  fine  regulator,  with  the 
standard  time,  is  one  of  the 
features  of  the  establishment. 

The  Furniture  Ware- 
rooms  and  Factory  of  A.  & 
H.  Straus  is  situated  at  No. 
153  West  Fourth  Street,  and 
was  established  in  the  year 
1852.  The  building,  which 
is  elegant  and  commodious, 
has  a  frontage  of  31 J  feet 
and  a  depth  of  140  feet.  It 
is,  including  the  basement, 
five  stories  in  height. 

The     firm     manufacture 
every   description    of    plain, 
fine,  and  ornamental  Furni- 
ture, and  at  all  times  keep  on  hand  a  large  stock"  of  parlor  and  bed- 
room sets,  dining-room  and  library  suits. 

From  their  upholstery  department  they  turn  out  the  most  exqui- 
site productions — such  as  display  the  finest  taste  and  rarest  execution. 
The  trade  of  the  firm  extends  over  a  wide  territory,  which  includes 
the  States  of  Texas  and  California. 

The  furniture  manufacturers  of  Cincinnati  are  renowned  for  their 
excellent  workmanship.  For  common  furniture,  oak,  pine,  cherry, 
maple,  and  chestnut  are  freely  used ;  and  for  the  finer  descriptions, 


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A.    &    H.    STRAUS. 


'black  walnut,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of 
the  native  woods,  is  become  almost  univer- 
sal. This  wood  is  worked  easily  into  the 
most  elaborate  forms  and  exquisite  carv- 
ings, and  the  finer  specimens  of  cabinet 
ware  are  finished  by  oil  instead  of  varnish. 
The  oil  brings  out  the  rich  grain  of  the 
wood,  which  grows  darker  and  handsomer 
with  age.  Chestnut  is  also  much  used  for 
dining  room  and  chamber  sets.  The  ma- 
terial is  beautiful  as  well  as  cheap,  and 
abundant. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Alexander 
Straus  and  Henry  Straus,  Jr. 

The  Nursery  Garden  of  J.  S.  Cook  & 
Co.,  upon  East  Walnut  Hills,  is  one  of  the 
most  extensive  and  beautiful  in  the  West. 
It  comprises  nearly  six  acres,  and  several 
large  conservatories  and  hothouses.  To 
reach  the  nursery  the  visitor  should  take  the  cars  at  the  corner  of 
Walnut  and  Fourth  Streets,  and  he  "will  be  set  down  at  the  gate ;  time, 

about    half    an    hour. 


The  city  office  is  at  No. 
155  Wrest  Fourth  Street, 
where  orders  may  be 
left  for  pot  or  cut 
flowers  or  shrubs.  The 
nursery  supplies,  in  the 
utmost  profusion,  the 
better  known  and  the 
rarest  Roses,  Fuchsias, 
Verbenas,  and  Gera- 
niums, and  almost 
every  variety  of  Cactus, 
and  the  beautiful 
leaved  Begonia.  The 
conservatories  are  also 
celebrated  for  their 
Camellias,  t)ie  English 
Ivies,  Creepers,  and 
numerous  exotics  from 


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the  Tropics  and  Australia.  An  immense  number  of  cut  flowers  for 
weddings,  funerals,  and  decorative  purposes  generally,  are  furnished 
by  this  firm.  Like  most  other  floral  establishments,  the  house  keeps 
constantly  for  sale  aquariums,  gold  and  silver  fish,  and  rustic  chairs, 
flower  stands,  and  baskets. 

The  Wholesale  and  Retail  Piano  and  Organ  Warerooms  of 
Messrs.  D.  H.  Baldwin  <fe  Co.  are  situated  at  No.  158  West 
Fourth  Street,  and  extend  in  an  L  to  No.  160  Elin  Street.  The  build- 


D.    H.    BALDWIN    &    CO. 


ing  is  four  stories  in  height,  has  a  depth  of  90  feet  on  Fourth  Street 
and  40  feet  on  Elm.  An  elevator,  running  from  basement  to  top  on 
the  Elm  Street  front,  gives  the  necessary  facilities  for  handling  the 
instruments.  The  first  and  second  floors  contain  the  new  pianos  and 
organs,  and  the  business  office.  The  upper  floors  are  filled  with  boxed 
instruments  and  a  shop  for  repairing  and  repolishing  pianos  and 
organs. 

The  firm  are  the  general  Western  and  Southern  agents  for  the 
celebrated    Decker   Brothers   Pianos   and   the   Estey  Organs.      They 


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manage  the  entire  sale  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Piano  Company's  Valley 
Gem  and  Grand  Scale  Pianos,  besides  dealing  largely  in  various  othgr 
standard  makes  of  pianos  and  organs. 

Their  business  was  established  in  1862,  and  is,  undoubtedly,  the 
largest  in  the  State,  more  than  2,500  pianos  and  organs  being  sold 
yearly  by  them.  They  rent  pianos  and  organs,  sell  on  easy  monthly 
payments,  take  second-hand  instruments  in  part  payment  for  new 
ones,  and  fill  orders  for  all  kinds  of  musical 
merchandise.  Inquiries  are  invited  from 
all  interested.  The  members  of  the  firm  are 
D.  H.  Baldwin  and  Lucien  Wulsin. 

The  Homoeopathic  establishment  of  A. 
F.  Worthing-ton  &  Co.  is  situated  at  No. 
170  West  Fourth  Street,  near  Elm  Street. 
This  is  the  representative  establishment  of 
this  kind  in  Cincinnati,  and  the  growth  of 
its  business  may  be,  to  a  certain  extent, 
identified  with  the  growth  of  the  city.  Dr. 
A.  F.  Worthington  has  been  identified  with 
the  Homoeopathic  trade  in  Cincinnati  since 
1863,  then  located  in  ^comparatively  small 
establishment  at  21  West  Fourth  Street; 
but  on  account  of  the  rapid  increase  of 
business,  he  removed  in  1873  to  their  pres- 
ent location,  and  have  now  the  finest  estab- 
lishment of  the  kind  in  the  United  States, 
and  the  largest  and  most  complete  stock  of 
Homoeopathic  goods  west  of  New  York;  including,  to  a  great  extent, 
German  and  English  goods  of  their  own  importation,  also  all  the 
books  published  on  Homoeopathy,  both  in  the  English  and  German 
language.  The  reputation  of  Worthington's  Pharmacy  is  so  well 
established  that  the  firm  are  constantly  in  receipt  of  orders  from 
physicians  and  others  from  all  parts  of  the  Northern,  Western,  and 
Southern  States. 

The  firm  of  Hitchcock  &  Walden,  Publishers,  Printers,  and 
Book-binders,  are  the  managers  of  the  Methodist  Book  Concern  of 
Cincinnati,  including  branches  at  Chicago  and  St.  Louis. 

Their  building,  which  has  a  frontage  of  32-feet  and  a  depth  of  110 
feet  and  a  height  of  four  stories,  is  situated  at  No.  190  West  Fourth 
Street,  with  an  L  fronting  on  'Home  Street,  four  stories  in  height. 
The  Printing  and  Publishing  Department  is  in  a  separate  building,  58 


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167 


feet  front  on  Home  Street  and  80  feet  deep  and  five  stories  high  with 
basement.     These  buildings  are  connected  on  the  main  floor;    also 
'  above  by  means  of  bridges  passing  from,  one  building  to  the  other. 

The  establishment  may  be  ranked  as  the  first  in  its  line  of  business 
in  Cincinnati ;  its  resources  being  more  ample  than  that  of  any  other. 
It  publishes  the  Books  and  Periodicals  (English,  German,  and  Scan- 
dinavian,) for  the  denomination  by  which  it  is  owned;  its  Catalogue 
of  Books  comprise  above  2,000  different  volumes;  its  magazines  are 
the  "Ladies'  Kepository,"  "Golden  Hours,"  and  "Haus  und  Herd;" 
the  principal  of  its  other 
periodicals,  "Western 
Christian  Advocate,"  "  Sun- 
day-school Journal,"  "  S.  S. 
Advocate,"  "Christliche 
Apologete,"  "S.  S.  Glocke," 
etc.  It  also  does  a  large 
amount  of  printing  for  other 
parties  and  firms.  One  of 
its  latest  specimens  of  work- 
manship, in  Printing  and 
Binding,  is  "Illustrated 
Cincinnati." 

The  Union  Central 
Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany's building  is  situ- 
ated at  the  south-east  cor- 
of  Fourth  Street  and  Central 
Avenue.  The  building  is 
one  of  the  finest  on  Folirth 
Street.  The  entire  lower 
floor  is  elegantly  fitted  up 
for  the  transaction  of  the  Company's  business.  First  comes  the  regu- 
lar office  or  counting-room,  then  the  Secretary's  private  office,  and  in 
the  rear  of  this,  the  Medical  Examiners'  office  and  the  vaults.  The 
capital  stock  of  the  Company  is  $100,000,  and  the  principal  officers 
are  John  Cochnower,  President ;  N.  W.  Harris,  Secretary ;  and  E.  P. 
Marshall,  Assistant  Secretary.  Assets,  January  1, 1875,  $1,114,182.66. 

Upon  the  second  floor  of  this  fine  building  are  situated  the  offices 
of  Col.  W.  B.  Shattuc,  the  Agent  of  the  Atlantic  and  Great  Western 
Kailway.  The  rooms  are  splendidly  furnished,  and  are  considered 
the  most  delightfully  situated  public  offices  in  the  city. 


HITCHCOCK    &    WALDEX. 


168  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


UNION    CENTRAL    LIFE    INSURANCE   CO.'S    BUILDING. 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


169 


FIFTH  STREET. 

Fifth  Street  is  the  greatest  thoroughfare  in  the  city;  and  in 
some  of  its  aspects  reminds  the  traveler  of  the  Bowery  in  New  York. 
It  is  the  great  shopping  street  for  the  masses,  and  since  the  demolition 
of  the  old  market-house,  and  the  erection  of  the  Tyler  Davidson 
Fountain,  and  the  location  of  the  new  United  States  Government 
Buildings  now  erecting,  has  become  amazingly  improved,  and  is  being 
further  embellished  almost  daily.  The  throngs  of  people  here  are  in- 
cessant, and  at  some  times  it  is  almost  impassable  on  the  sidewalks, 
except  at  a  slow  rate  of  locomotion.  It  is  about  a  mile  and  a  half  in 


SYLVESTER    H»AND    &    CO. 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


length.  It  mainly  consists  of  small  stores  with  some  few  large  estab- 
lishments. Passing  north  on  Central  Avenue  one  square  from  the  last 
building  named  on  Fourth  Street,  the  visitor  obtains  a  splendid  view 
of  the  entire  length  of  the  street.  The  first  large  manufactory  to  the 
right,  looking  toward  the  fountain,  is  that  of 

Sylvester  Hand  &  Co. — This  establishment  is  situated  at  Nos. 
263  to  275  inclusive  West  Fifth  Street.  They  manufacture  Marble-' 
ized  Mantles  and  Enameled  Grates,  Star  Kanges,  etc.  This  establish- 
ment shows  some  of  the  finest  specimens  of  this  work  that  can  be 
produced.  The  rnerubers  of  the  firm  are  Sylvester  Hand  and  Clias. 
E.  Hand. 


WM.    POWELL   &  CO. 

Wm.  Powell  <fe  Go's  extensive  Brass  Foundry  Works  and 
offices  are  situated  at  Nos.  245,  247,  and  249  West  Fifth  Street.  The 
establishment  was  founded  in  the  year  1846. 

The  Company  manufacture  every  description  of  Engine  Builders, 
Steam  Fitters  and  Plumbers  Brass  Work  ;  and  make  as  specialities 
the  celebrated  "Star"  Regrinding  Globe  Valves,  of  which  over  100,000 
are  now  in  use  in  all  parts  of  the  country;  also  the  "Star"  Tallow 
Lubricator  for  locomotive  and  stationary  engines.  The  Company 


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171 


also  keep  on  hand  a  large  stock  of  Plumbers'  Materials,  such  as  Drain- 
pipe, Water-closet  Fittings,  Bath-tubs,  and  Wash-basins,  plain  and 
fancy.  Their  "  Eagle "  brand  of  Babbitt  Metal  is  unequaled,  and 
shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  members  of  the  firm  are 
James  Powell  and  Henry  Powell. 


C.    S.    WEATHER  BY    &   CO. 


Among  the  prominent  Dry-goods  Houses  of  the  city,  and  the  prin- 
cipal one  on  Fifth  Street,  is  that  of  O.  S.  Weatherby  &  Co.,  situ- 
ated in  Sinton's  fine  building,  on  the  north-west  corner  of  Fifth  and 
Vine  Streets.  This  business  was  established  in  the  year  1855.  The 
store  was  fitted  up  expressly  for  the  retail  Dry-goods  trade,  and  pos- 
sesses, among  other  modern  improvements,  a  handsome  passenger  ele- 
vator worked  by  hydraulic  power.  The  main  floor  is  divided  into  the 
customary  departments  of  a  first-class  retail  salesroom.  The  basement 
floor,  which  is  remarkable  for  its  height  of  ceiling,  light,  and  ventila- 
tion, is  the  Carpet  salesroom.  The  second  floor  is  devoted  to  Dresses, 
Cloaks,  and  Shawls,  and  rfressma-king,  in  which  department  there  are 


172  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


from  150  to  200  hands  employed.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  C.  S. 
Weatherby  and  M.  H.  IJichardson. 

Tuckfarber  &  Go's  establishment  is  situated  at  No.  66  West 
Fifth  Street',  directly  opposite  the  Tyler  Davidson  Fountain.  The 
firm  was  established  in  1869.  They  occupy  three  .floors  of  the  fine 
building  in  which  they  are  located.  They  are  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  Enameled  Iron  'Show-cards  and  publishing  works  of  art. 
They  employ  a  large  number  of  the  best  draughtsmen  and  artists,  and 
produce  on  iron  all  of  the  finer  descriptions  of  work  done  by  lithog- 
raphy. These  signs  and  show-cards  have  become  so  popular  on  ac- 
count of  the  superior  finish  imparted  to  them  that  the  firm  are  fairly 
overwhelmed  with  orders  from  almost  all  of  the  large  cities  of  the 
United  States.  The  visitor  who  has  leisure  Avill  find  in  their  beautiful 
show-rooms,  on  the  second  floor,  a  superb  collection  of  artistically  fin- 
ished Show-cards,  in  all  colors  and  of  all  sizes.  The  members  of  the 
firm  are  F.  Tuckfarber  and  L.  C.  Goodale. 

The  beauty  of  some  of  the  show  cards,  railway  and  other  placards 
designed  and  executed  by  this  establishment  is  so  great  as  fairly  to 
entitle  them  to  rank  among  works  of  art.  Many  of  them  are,  in  fact, 
not  merely  ordinary  placards,  but  carefully  executed  copies,  in  almost 
imperishable  metal,  of  the  designs  of  talented  artists  and  skillful 
draughtsmen.  The  work  is  suitable  for  every  thing,  from  the  plain- 
est and  humblest  cut  to  a  representation  of  the  most  elaborate 
building,  even  if  adorned  with  statuary  or  bass  or  alto  reliefs.  The 
manner,  indeed,  in  which  the  practiced  hand  and  eye  of  the  artist 
are  called  upon  to  aid  and  subserve  the  ordinary  affairs  of  domestic 
or  business  life  is  one  peculiar  and  very  gratifying  feature  of  modern 
American  life. 

P.  Lunkenheimer  &  Co.'s  manufactory  is  situated  in  the 
building  in  Lodge  Street,  off  Fountain  Square,  Fifth  Street,  that  was 
used  at  one  time  as  a  Jewish  synagogue.  The  old  tablets  in  Hebrew 
are  still  embedded  in  the  massive  walls.  The  building  has  a  frontage 
of  25  feet,  a  depth  of  100  feet,  and  a  height  of  3. stories. 

The  Cincinnati  Brass  Works,  the  trade  name  by  which  Mr.  Lunken- 
heimer's  establishment  is  known,  was  started  by  himself  in  the  year 
1862.  This  branch  of  manufacture  was  at  that  time,  short  as  it  is 
ago,  of  a  very  primitive  character:  but  the  forty  skilled  mechanics, 
and  the  modern  machinery  now  in  use  in  his  factory,  turn  out  work 
equal  to  the  best  made  in  the  United  States  or  any  other  country. 
The  specialties  made  are  Locomotive  and  Stationary  Engine  goods. 
Mr.  Lunkenheimer  was  the  first  who  obtained  a  patent  on  improve- 


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F.    LUNKENHEIMER    &   CO. 


ment  in  steam  valves,  and  he  enjoys  a  reputation  second  to  none  for 
the  superiority  and  excellence  of  his  brass  castings.  The  trade  of  the 
house  extends  over  almost  every  State  of  the  Union,  and  is  still 
increasing  in  every  department,  and  during  the  last  four  or  five  years 
Mr.  Lunkenheimer  has  made  many  shipments  of  his  goods  to  various 
European  countries. 

The  firm  manufacture  all  descriptions  of  Engine-builders  and 
Steam-fitters  Brass  Goods. 

Manning1,  Robinson  &  Co.,  Gold,  Silver  and  Nickel  Electro- 
platers,  and  general  manufacturers  of  Electro  Silver-ware,  are  located 
at  No.  54  West  Fifth  Street,  nearly  opposite  the  Tyler  Davidson 
Fountain.  The  business  was  established  in  1865.  The  firm  manufac- 
tiire  Tea,  Water,  Dinner,  and  Dessert  Sets,  in  finest  quality  of  white 
metal  and  nickel,  as  a  base  for  the  heavy  electro-plate  guaranteed  on 
all  their  wares.  Among  the  articles  may  be  mentioned  Tea  and  Cof- 
fee Urns  and  Sets,  Ice  Pitchers  and  complete  Sets,  Fruit  Stands,  Cake 


174 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


Baskets,    Butter    Dishes,   Castors,   Card   Receivers,  Vases,  and  other 
parlor  and    mantle  ornaments;  also  Spoons,  Forks,  Knives,  etc.,  in 

elegant  designs  and  finished  workman- 
ship. They  also  make  a  specialty  of  all 
kinds  of  Plating  for  "the  trade,  and  are 
the  sole  licensees  in  Cincinnati  for  doing 
the  celebrated  nickle  plating.  They 
deal  largely  in  fine  Bronze  Ornaments, 
which  are  being  placed  so  generally  in 
homes  of  culture  and  refinement. 

The  firm  consists  of  Messrs.  II.  A. 
Manning  and  G.  C.  Robinson,  of  Cincin- 
nati, and  E.  B.  Manning  and  Robert 
Bowman,  of  West  Meriden,  Conn.  ;  and 
the  Eastern  members  are  engaged,  with 
a  force  of  upwards  of  100  employees, 
in  producing  many  of  the  goods  there, 
which  are  finished  by  the  house  here, 
employing  16  workmen,  by  which 
means  it  has  unusual  facilities  for  pro- 
viding specially  for  its  first-class  retail 
trade. 

John  A.  MohlenhofTs  Importa- 

jg       at        yfoR.       46       and      48 


MANNING,    ROBINSON    *    CO. 

Fountain  Square,  and  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  establishments  on 
Fountain  Square.     The  stores  are  splendidly  furnished  in  the  interior, 


INTERIOR    VIEW   OF  JOHN    A.    MOHLENHOFF  S. 


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175 


and  snow  off  to  advantage  the 
grand  assortments  of  French 
China,  Crystal,  Glass,  Bronzes, 
and  other  articles.  A  large 
public  clock  illuminated  at 
night — ornaments  the  front  of 
the  building,  and  marks  its 
location. 

The  illustration  will  give 
some  idea  of  the.  interior  of 
the  establishment;  but  no  de- 
scription can  convey  an  idea 
of  the  beautiful,  rare,  and 
costly  articles  exhibited. 

The  exterior  is  plain  and 
unpretentious.  The  amount  of 
costly  articles  to  be  seen  on 
the  different  floors  of  the  con- 
cern almost  exceeds  belief. 
This  is  the  largest  importing 
house  in  this  line  of  trade  in 
the  city.  There  are  detached 
warehouses  within  a  few 
squares  of  the  building,  in 
which  goods  in  bulk  are  de- 
posited. The  Custom  House 
returns  of  Cincinnati  show  Mr. 
Mohlenhoff's  business  to  be 
very  extensive;  but  he  also  imports  goods  from  Europe  for  eastern 
houses. 

The  business  of  the  house  extends  over  the  States  of  Kentucky, 
Tennessee,  Alabama,  Georgia,  Louisiana,  Colorado,  Kansas,  Mis- 
souri, Iowa,  Minnesota,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Connecticut,  West 
Virginia. 

MAIN  STREET. 

FROM  Mohlenhoff's  stores  we  pass  the  site  of  the  new  Government 
Buildings  on  Fifth  Street,,  and  arrive,  after  a  walk  of  one  square,  at 
the  corner  of  Fifth  and  Main  Streets. 

Main  Street  is  the  oldest  street  in  the  city,  and  some  seven 
years  ago  it  was  thought  it  was  losing  its  business  on  account  of  the 
very  rapid  growth  of  the  city  westward:  but  the  selection  of  the  north- 


JOHN    A.    MOHLKNHOFF 


1 76  KENN  Y  'S  ILL  US  TEA  TED   C  IN  GIN  N  A  TI. 


west  corner  of  the  old  street  and  Fifth  Street  for  the  new  Government 
buildings,  and  the  enterprise  of  the  old-established  houses  on  the 
Street  combined,  have  aided  in  bringing  back  to  this  old  thoroughfare 


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more  business  than  it  ever  had  in  the  olden  times.  It  is  to-day  one  of 
the  busiest  streets  in  the  city,  lined  at  both  sides  with  many  of  the 
wealthiest  business  houses.  The  improvements  going  on  daily  as- 
tonish the  oldest  inhabitant;  and  soon  the  street  will  be  an  entirely 
new  one  ,as  far  as  fine  warehouses  can  make  it  so.  The  street  is  about 
a  mile  and  a  quarter  in  length,  and  is  a  business  street  for  its  entire 
length.  The  heaviest  houses  do  not,  however,  extend  beyond  Sixth 
Street,  at  the  Gait  House  corner.  After  this  point  the  trade  is 
very  generally  retail,  and  the  second  and  upper  stories  occupied 
as  dwelling  rooms.  The  street  hence  is  almost  entirely  German, 
and  after  passing  the  Court  House,  exclusively  so.  Taking  Sel- 
lew  &  Co.  as  our  starting  point,  we  shall  stroll  to  the  foot  of  the 
street,  passing  on  the  way  some  of  the  oldest  established  houses  in 
Cincinnati. 

The  house  of  Sellew  &  Co.,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Tin  Plate, 
Sheet  and  Kussia  Iron,  Copper,  Wire,  Block-tin,  Zinc,  Antimony,  and 
all  kinds  of  Metals,  is  situated  at  Nos.  214,  216,  and  218  Main  Street, 
and  was"  established  in  the  year  1832,  and  is  the  oldest  house  in  the 
city  retaining  its  original  firm  name.  The  buildings  which  front 
the  Main  Street  side  of  the  new  Government  building  are  roomy 
and  capacious,  and  have  a  frontage  of  52  feet  and  a  depth  of 
200  feet.  They  are  four  and  five  stories  in  height.  The  house  are 
agents  for  the  following  named  manufactories;  namely:  Lalance  & 
Grosjean  Manufacturing  Co.,  New  York ;  Brooklyn  Brass  and  Copper 
Co.,  New  York ;  Miller  Burr  &  Parker,  New  York ;  Lake  Superior 
Copper  Mill  and  Smelting  Works,  Pittsburg ;  Miller  Burr  &  Parker, 
Pittsburg. 

The  wholesale  and  retail  Hardware  stores  of  T.  &  A.  Pickering 
are  situated  at  Nos.  196, 198,  and  200  Main  Street,  and  were  established 
in  the  year  1858.  The  stores  have  a  frontage  of  60  feet  and  a  depth  of 
70  feet. 

Among  the  immense  number  of  articles  in  the  general  stock  are  the 
following:  Cutlery  of  every  grade,  Tools  of  all  descriptions,  Trunk- 
makers'  materials,  Hoop  Iron,  "  Butchers"  and  "Stubs"  Files,  Lock- 
smiths' and  Brushmakers'  materials,  Scissors,  Shears,  Kazors,  besides 
Builders'  hardware,  Agricultural  Implements,  etc. 

The  location  of  the  house  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  city,  being  directly 
opposite  to  the  Public  Square  of  Fifth  Street,  and  to  the  new  Govern- 
ment buildings.  The  house  makes  a  specialty  of  the  following  lines 
of  articles:  Builders'  Hardware,  Mechanics'  Tools,  Pocket  and  Table 
Cutlery,  Lathe  Chucks,  Twist  Drills,  Files,  Machinists'  Tools,  also 

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Hoop  Iron,  and  Cotton  Duck.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Tilgh- 
man  Pickering  and  Alfred  Pickering. 

The  new  building  of  the  old  established  firm  of  F.  H.  Lawson  <fe 
Co.  is  situated  at  Nos.  188  and  190  Main  Street.  The  house  was 
established  in  1817.  Its  dealings  are  in  the  importing  and  sale  of 
Metals,  including  Tin  Plate,  Copper,  Zinc,  Galvanized  Sheet  Iron, 
Smooth  Finish  Common  and  Charcoal  Sheet  Iron,  Block  Tin,  Lead, 
Wire,  Antimony,  plain  and  retinned,  Stamped  Ware,  Japanned  Tin 
Ware,  House  Furnishing  Goods,  and  Tinners'  Tools  and  Machines. 

The  building,  which  has  just  been  finished,  is  of  the  most  mod- 
ern and  elegant  style,  plain,  solid,  and  unostentatious.  The  absence 
of  the  usual  superfluity  of  signs  and  lettering  adds  a  beauty  to  this 
building  that  should  be  imitated.  The  front  on  Main  Street  is  30  feet 


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and  the  depth  160  feet.  The  height,  including  the  basement,  is  75  feet. 
The  interior  is  fitted  up  for  the  special  requirements  of  the  business, 
the  leading  apparent  feature  observable  through  the  establishment  be- 
ing order  and  system  for  every  class  and  department.  The  offices  and 


F.    H.    LAWSON    &    CO. 


sample  room  are  luxuriously  arranged  apartments,  replete  with  every 
convenience.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  F.  H.  Lawson  and  "Win. 
G.  Coffin. 

The  wholesale  and  retail  Clock  warehouse  of  A.  D.  Smith.  &  Co. 


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is  situated  at  No.  184  and  186  Main  Street,  and  was  established  in  the 
year  1844.'  The  building,  which  is  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  on  this 
great  business  street,  has  been  known  for 
many  years  as  the  "Gothic  Arcade,"  and 
is,  including  the  basement,  four  stories  in 
height,  with  a  frontage  of  25  feet  and  a 
depth  of  200.  The  stock  of  goods  includes 
Clocks  of  every  shape,  style,  size,  and  quality 
now  known  in  this  country  or  in  Europe, 
and  embraces  the  Lilliputian  Alarm,  as 
well  as  the  ponderous  Regulator.  Among 
the  standard  goods  the  following  are  the 
most  prominent:  Seth  Thomas  Clock  Com- 
pany, Seth  Thomas  Sons  &  Co.,  New  Haven 
Clock  Company,  E.  N.  Welch  Clock  Com- 
pany, E.  Ingraham  &  Co.,  Welch,  Spring  & 
Co.,  Jerome  &  Co. /Atkins  Clock  Company. 


A.    D.    SMITH  &  CO. 


RICHARD  WOOLLEY   &   SONS. 


The  firm  also  deal  largely 
in  Clockmakers'  and  Repairers' 
materials,  in  which  department 
are  included  the  following  ar- 
ticles :  Clock  Keys,  Hands,  Rods, 
Balls,  Bells,  Washers,  Verges, 
Second  Hands,  Oil,  Cord,  Tab- 
lets, Dials,  Springs,  etc. 

Among  the  enterprising  busi- 
ness firms  of  Cincinnati,  none 
holds  a  more  conspicuous  posi- 
tion than  the  house-of  Richard 
Woolley  <fe  Sons,  importers, 
•  manufacturers,  and  wholesale 
dealers  in  Leather,  Hides,  Oil, 
and  Shoe  Goods.  Their  ware- 


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house  includes  the  two  fine  stores  Nos.  174  and  176  Main  Street. 
These  have  a  frontage  of  40  feet  and  a  depth  of  160  feet.  They  are, 
with  the  basement,  six  stories  in  height,  and  are  fitted  up  as  a  model 
establishment  in  this  line  of  merchandise.  In  the  rear  of  this  build- 
ing they  occupy  a  warehouse  30  feet  front  by  70  feet  deep  and  three 
stories  in  height,  for  storing  and  handling  Hides.  This  is  a  very 
important  part  of  their  business.  Every  modern  contrivance  to  fa- 
cilitate business  is  utilized  to  the  utmost  throughout  the  warehouses. 
The  fourth  and  fifth  stories  of  the  the  main  building  are  used  for 
finishing  Leather,  mostly  Harness,  an 
article  they  have  established  a  very 
large  trade  for.  Since  Cincinnati  ber 
came  a  port  of  entry  this  firm  have 
imported  Serges  and  other  English 
Shoe  goods  direct;  and  have  arrange- 
ments with  Eastern  manufacturers  of 
Morocco,  Kid,  Union  Calf  Skins,  Peb- 
ble-grain, etc.,  by  which  those  goods 
are  sold  here  at  Eastern  prices  with 
addition  of  freight.  Customers  of  this 
house  always  have  the  advantage  of  a 
large  and  well  assorted  stock  to  select 
from,  and,  judging  from  their  large 
and  increasingv  trade,  their  efforts  to 
please  the  trade  are  appreciated.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are  Richard 
Woolley,  Richard  Woolley,  Jr.,  and 
Dan'l.  P.  Woolley. 

The  wholesale  Car  r  i  age  -  goods 
House  of  Kemper  Bros.,  168  Main 
Street,  is  one-  of  the  most  extensive 
establishments  of  this  kind  in  the 
United  States.  It  was  established  in  the  year  1853.  The  building 
has  a  frontage  of  22  feet  and  a  depth  of  160  feet.  Including  the 
basement,  it  is  five  stories  in  height.  The  firm  are  the  agents  for 
Dalzell's  celebrated  Bessemer  Steel  and  Iron  Axles,  and  Bessemer 
Steel  Tire,  and  Bessemer  Steel  Tire  Bolts ;  also  for  English  and  Swede 
Steel  Springs,  Harland's  and  Nobly  and  Hoar's  English  Varnishes, 
Murphy,  Sherwin  &  Co's.  celebrated  American  Varnishes,  Neider's 
Patent  Curtain  Frames,  Driscoll's  Screw  and  Riveting  Knobs.  In 
their  extensive  stock  they  have  nearly  all  of  the  important  articles  of 


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which  Carriages  are  constructed.  The  following  is  only  a  brief  sum- 
mary of  some  of  the  leading  articles; -namely:  Springs,  Axles,  Bolts, 
Bands,  Enameled  Leather,  Muslin,  Drill,  Duck,  Cloths,  Damask,  Bent 

Timber  Wheels,  Bodies, 
Gold,  Silver,  and  Ivory 
Mountings  of  all  kinds, 
and  American  and  En- 
glish Varnishes.  Their 
trade,  which  is  almost 
exclusively  confined  to 
Carriage  and  Coach 
Builders,  covers  an  im- 
mense territory,  includ- 
ing all  of  the  Southern 
and  Western  States.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are 
Hugh  F.  Kemper,  Henry 
L.  Kemper,  and  Andrew 
C.  Kemper. 

T.  T.  Brown  &  Co.'s 
wholesale  Leather  ware- 
house is  at  No.  166  Main 
Street.  This  building  is 
25  feet  front  and  156  feet 
in  depth.  It  is  fitted  up 
in  the  most  modern  style, 
with  every  facility  for  the 
transaction  of  extensive 
business.  The  offices  are 
on  the  second  floor  and 
are  comfortably  fur- 
nished. The  firm  were 
established  in  1864.  They 
deal  in  Leather,  Hides, 
Oil,  and  Shoe  Manufac- 
turers' goods,  and  are  Cin- 
cinnati agents  for  Wm. 
R.  Stewart  &  Bros.  Mo- 
rocco, and  sell  at  factory 
prices,  and  at  all  times 
T.  T.  BROWN  &  co.  keep  a  complete  stock  on 


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hand.  Their  business  extends  over  the 
States  of  the  North-west  and  South  and 
South-west,  with  a  large  city  factory  trade. 
They  also  do  a  large  business,  in  Hides 
and  Heavy  Leather,  with  New  England, 
New  York  State,  and  New  Jersey.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are  Thomas  T.  Brown 
and  George  S.  Brown. 

The  warerooms  of  J.  &;  A.  J.  Nurre, 
manufacturers  of  Frame  Mouldings,  etc., 
are  situated  at  No.  164  Main  Street.  The 
factory  is  situated  at  276,  278,  and  280 
Broadway.  The  business  was  established 
in  1849.  The  firm  manufacture  all  de- 
scriptions of  Gilt,  Imitation  Rosewood, 
Walnut,  and  Imitation  Walnut  Frame 
Moldings,  and  Square  Frames,  besides  Look- 
ing-glasses and  Looking-glass  Plates,  and 
all  necessaries  for  framing  Pictures.  The 

j.  &  A.  j.  NURRE.  warehouse  has  a  frontage  of  24  feet'  and  a 

depth  of  154  feet.  It  is  four  stories  in  height.  The  main  floor  is 
the  salesroom  and  offices,  the  upper  floors  are  "devoted  to  the  light 
manufacturing  depart-  r-j  ^  _-zt^-.  JJ^ 

ment  of  the  business. 
The  factory  has  a  front- 
age of  60  feet  and  is  90 
feet  in  depth.  It  is  five 
stories  in  height.  The 
business  of  the  house 
covers  a  wide  territory, 
embracing  nearly  every 
State  in  the  Union.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are 
Joseph  Nurre  and  Aloys 
Joseph  Nurre. 

Pape  Brothers  & 
KLugem  arm's  Mold- 
ing, Picture-frame,  and 
Looking-glass  sales- 
room and  office  are  sit- 
uated at  137,  139,  and  THE  MANUFACTORY. 


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141  Main  Street.  The  buildings  have  a  frontage  of  58  feet  and  a  depth 
of  120  feet.  They  are,  including  the  basement,  six  stories  in  height. 
The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1851.  The  factory  is  on 
north  side  of  Canal  between  Elm  and  Plum 
Streets;  size  50  by  100  feet,  five  stories  high 
and  outbuildings. 

The  following  are  a  few  of  the  leading 
articles  manufactured:  Gilt,  Imitation  Rose- 
wood, Imitation  Walnut,  imitation  of  all  kinds 
of  Veneer  Moldings,  Enameled  Moldings  of 
all  colors,  Black  Walnut  Moldings,  Mirror 
Frames  of  every  description,  in  Gilt,  Walnut 
or  Imitation,  Ornamental  Portrait  Frames, 
Ovals,  solid  Ovals  and  square,  Window  Cor- 
nices, Rustics,  and  many  other  articles.  The 
firm  import  all  descriptions  of  fine  Chromos 
and  Engravings,  and  in  this  department  their 
trade  is  quite  extensive.  Their  business  cov- 
ers a  wide  territory,  embracing  the  whole  of 
the  United  States  of  America  and  Canada,  also 
part  of  States  of  South  America.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  firm  are  Ed.  W.  Pape,  Theodore 
Pape,  and  Emil  Kugemann. 

The  firm  of  P.  Wilson  &  Sons,  whole- 
sale dealers  in  Leather,  Saddlery  Hardware, 
and  Carriage  Goods,  occupy  one  of  the  hand- 
somest buildings  on  Main  Street,  No.  136  and 
138.  It  has  a  frontage  of  25  feet  and  a  depth 
of  200  feet,  running  back  to  Hammond  Street. 
The  building  is  six  stories  in  height,  includ- 
ing the  basement;  the  several  stories  high 
and  roomy,  and  connected  with  each  other  by 
elevators.  Every  modern  appliance  for  the 

PAPE    BROS.   &    KUGEMANN.  ,  .  .  .          ,          . 

speedy  transaction  of  an  extensive  business  is 

in  use  in  every  department.  The  firm  was  established  in  the  year 
1830;  and  hence  one  of  the  very  oldest  houses  in  its  line  in  the  United 
States. 

The  agetof  this  house  and  its  well-known  reliability  have  given  it 
a  reputation  throughout  the  West,  South,  and  North,  that  enables 
it  to  make  sales  to  an  amount  far  in  advance  of  similar  houses;  in 
fact,  it  is  the  leading  house  west  of  New  York  in  the  line.  To 


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enumerate  even  a  portion  of  the  vast  assortment  of  goods  kept  in 
stock  is  impracticable,  as  they  embrace  every  thing  that  the  most  fas- 
tidious rider  could  desire  for  the  best  appointed  saddle  horse,  or  the 
leading  carriage-makers  could 
want ,f or  the  most  fashionable 
vehicles.  The  quality  of 
these  supplies  is  also  highly 
prized,  and  it,  too,  has  long 
been  a  distinguishing  char- 
acteristic of  the  house.  If 
any  attempt  even  were  made 
to  mention  all,  it  would  de- 
mand a  pamphlet  large  j 
enough  for  a  catalogue  of 
every  use  to  which  leather  is 
applied — in  riding  or  driving  I 
in  the  park,  for  country  car- 
riages, or  harness  for  the  road 
or  farm,  with  all  the  appli- 
ances in  any  quantity  ready 
at  a  moment's  notice.  But 
the  following  are  a  few  of 
the  leading  articles ;  namely  : 
Leather,  Saddle-trees,  Har- 
ness and  Saddle  Trimmings, 
Carriage  Trimmings,  Bent 
Stock,  Coach-makers'  fine 
colors,  English  and  American 
Varnishes,  and  a  large  line  p-  WILSON  &  SONS. 

of  Carriage  Lamps.     The  members  of  the  firm  are  Pollock  Wilson, 
John  A.  Wilson,  and  Chas.  P.  WTilson. 

The  wholesale  and  retail  Leather  salesrooms  of  Bradford  &  Utz 
occupy  the  fine  building  No.  129  Main  Street.  It  has  a  frontage  of  25 
feet  and  a  depth  of  150  feet.  There  are  four  stories  besides  the  base- 
ment. The  firm  have  always  in  stock  the  following  articles;  namely: 
Oak  and  Hemlock,  Sole  Leather,  Harness,  Skirting,  and  Bridle,  im- 
ported and  domestic  Calf  and  Kips,  also  a  full  line  of  Shoe  Goods, 
consisting  in  part  of  Moroccos,  Serges,  Drills,  Galloons,  Eyelets,  Lin- 
ings, Laces,  Cement,  Threads,  Nails,  Tacks,  etc.  The  leather  business 
in  Cincinnati  has  grown  immensely  during  the  last  few  years,  and- is 
still  rapidly  increasing,  not  only  with  the  population  of  the  cities, 


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but  still  more  with  the  development  of  commerce  and  agriculture  in 
the  country  districts.  Our  merchants  are  using  every  effort  to  meet 
this  demand, 'not  only  in  quantity,  but  in  quality,  and  articles  in 

leather  sold  in  the 
leading  establishments 
of  the  Queen  City  arc 
rapidly  approaching  to 
the  famous  English 
standard.  The  shoe 
goods  here,  for  instance, 
are  already  far  superior 
to  those  of  the  Eastern 
manufacturers.  The 
house  was  established 
in  1874,  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  firm  are 
James  Bradford  and 
Lewis  H.  Utz. 

The  wholesale  No- 
tion and  Importing 
house  of  M.  Loth,  is 
situated  at  121  Main 
Street,  and  consists  of 
four  floors  devoted  to 
the  business.  The 
house  was  established 
in  1859.  The  transac- 
tions of  (he  establish- 
ment are  spread  over 
an  immense  territory, 
embracing  the  States  of 
Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois, 
Missouri,  Kansas,  Ken- 
tucky, Tennessee,  Loui- 
siana, Alabama,  and 
Texas.  The  Notion 
business  covers  such  a 
multitudinous  assort- 
ment of  both  foreign 
and  domestic  articles, 
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them  can  be  attempted;  but  among  the  principal  are  Embroideries, 
Laces,  Hosiery,  Trimmings,  Corsets,  Skirts,  Buttons,  Fancy  Goods, 
and  Gentlemen's  Furnishing  Goods.  This  house  makes  a  specialty 
of  Suspenders, 
White  and 
Fancy  Shirts, 
Collars,  Hosie- 
ry and  Gloves 
for  Misses, 
Boys,  Ladies, 
and  Gentlemen. 
The  exten- 
sive wholesale 
and  retail  ware- 
rooms  of  Ru- 
dolph Wur- 
litzer  &  Bro. 
is  situated 
at  115  Main 
Street,  and  was 
established  i  n 
the  year  1857. 
The  building 
has  a  frontage 
of  25  feet  and 
is  200  feet  in 
length.  It  is 
five  stories  in 
height.  The  in- 
ternal arrange- 
ments are  of  the 
most  complete 

M.  LOTH.  order,     render- 

ing the  establishment  a  model  one  of  its 
kind.     The  rooms  are  divided  into  de- " 
partments  for  the  different  branches  of 
business.     The  following  named  goods " 
are  only  a  few  of  the  leading  articles  in        RUDOLPH  WURLITZER  &  BRO. 
which  the  firm  deal;  namely:    Musical  Instruments — as  Pianos  and 
Organs,  Violins,  Violas,  Guitars,  Cellos,  Contrabasso,  Banjos,  Drums, 
Clarionets,  Cymbals,  Accordions,  Concertinas,  Fifes,  Flutes,  Flageolets, 


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Harmonicas,  Brass  and  German  Silver  Band  Instruments,  Music 
Boxes,  Hand  Organs,  Piccolos ;  Piano  and  Organ  Covers,  Piano  Stools ; 
Italian,  French,  and  German  Strings;  Tambourines,  Zitherns,  all  kinds 
of  fixtures  for  Instruments,  Stationers,  and  Druggists'  Sundries,  Fancy 
Goods,  and  Toys.  The  business  covers  a  wide  territory,  which  extends 
over  nearly  all  the  States,  East,  West,  North,  and  South. 
The  members  of  the  firm  are  Rudolph  Wurlitzer  and  Anton  Wurlitzer. 


DECAMP,    LEVOY   &   CO. 


The  establishment  of  DeCamp,  Levoy  &  Co.  occupies  the 
stores  Nos.  91  and  93  Main  Street.     They  are  extensively  engaged  in 


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the  manufacture  of  Saddles,  Harness,  Collars,  Bridles,  etc.,  of  all 
styles  and  qualities  for  the  wholesale  trade.  They  have  a  large  estab- 
lished trade  extending  through  the  Southern,  Western,  and  North- 
western States.  They  occupy,  including  the  stores  above  mentioned, 
and  parts  of  adjoining  buildings,  fifteen  floors  and  three  basements, 
and  employ  constantly  about  150  skilled 
hands.  The  goods  of  this  firm's  manufac- 
ture have  a  reputation  of  the  most  enviable 
character.  The  members  of  the  firm  are 
Daniel  DeCainp,  Thos.  L.  DeCamp,  and 
Michael  Levoy. 

The  establishment  of  Goldsmith  & 
Newburgh,  shown  in  the  accompanying 
engraving,  is  situated  at  No.  82  Main  Street. 
The  firm  manufacture  all  descriptions  of 
Cigars,  many  of  which  are  known  by  the 
trade  as  leading  brands.  Although  a  new 
firm  the  members  are  men  of  enterprise  and 
possess  large  experience  in  their  business. 
They  have  every  facility  for  the  transaction 
of  a  large  business,  and  through  their  enter- 
prise they  are  continually  adding  to  their 
list  of  customers.  Their  trade  in  the  city  is 
large,  and  outside  they  supply  many  exten- 
sive dealers  in  neighboring  towns.  All  of 
the  cigars  of  their  manufacture  are  recog- 
nized as  standard  goods ;  their  aim  being  to 
earn  a  reputation  for  fine  quality  in  each 
and  every  style  of  their  brands.  They  per- 
sonally superintend  every  department  of 
their  business  and  employ  a  large  number 
of  the  best  workmen  that  can  be  procured. 
Orders  sent  to  them  by  mail,  or  otherwise, 
receive  the  same  attention  as  if  the  goods 
were  inspected  personally  by  the  buyer. 

The    wholesale    and    importing    Fancy 
Goods  House   of  Knost  Bros.   &  Co., 

successors  to   H.  Schrader  &  Co.,  is  situated        GOLDSMITH  &  NEWBUKGH. 

at  Nos.  70  and  72  Main  Street,  and  was  established  in  the  year  1849. 
The  buildings  have  a  frontage  of  44  feet,  and  a  depth  of  125  feet. 
Including  the  basement,  they  are  five  stories  in  height.  The  interior 


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is  fitted  up  in  the  best  style  of  a  modern  warehouse,  and  possesses 
every  convenience  for  the  facility  of  doing  a  large  business.  The 
goods  in  which  they  deal  form  such  an  extensive  variety  that  the  war§- 
rooms  is  divided  into  different  departments.  There  are  departments 
for  China  and  Musical  Ware,  Cutlery  and  Smokers'  Articles,  Perfum- 
ery and  Soaps,  Fancy  Goods  and  Stationery,  and  so  on  through  the 
entire  catalogue  of  their  business.  A  member  of  the  firm  visits  the 
European  markets  every  year. 

The  trade  of  the  house,  which  is  the  largest  in  this  class  of  goods 

in  Cincinnati,  extends  over  a 
wide  territory  including  trans- 
actions in  the  States  of  Ohio, 
Indiana,  Illinois,  Kentucky,  Mis- 
souri, Arkansas,  Texas,  Tennes- 
see, Alabama,  Kansas,  Missis- 
sippi, Michigan,  Colorado,  Iowa, 
West  Virginia,  Florida,  Nebras- 
ka, and  Georgia.  The  members 
of  the  firm  are  Julius  Knost, 
Herman  Knost,  and  C.  E.  Wan- 
gelin. 

The  firm  of  Chas.  Moser 
<fe  Co.,  manufacturers  of  White 
Lead,  Colors,  etc.,  have  just  com- 
pleted the  new  building,  No.  59, 
and  occupy  it  and  their  old  ware- 
house at  No.  61  Main  Street,  both 
buildings  being  connected.  Both 
stores  combined  make  the  most 
extensive  establishment  in  this  line  of  trade  in  Cincinnati  The  dimen- 
sions are  front  52  feet,  depth  190  feet,  height,  including  basements, 
five  stories.  New  and  elegantly  furnished  offices  have  been  fitted  up 
in  the  new  building,  while  the  old  has  been  remodeled  and  every 
possible  contrivance  to  facilitate  the  operations  of  both  the  warehouse 
and  manufacturing  departments  used  wherever  they  can  be.  In  a 
stock  so  enormous  only  a  few  of  the  leading  lines  of  articles  can  be 
mentioned;  but  special  attention  is  directed  to  the  fact  that  they 
manufacture  and  have  on  sale  the  purest  descriptions  of  White  Lead. 
This  article  is  used  for  all  house  paints,  or  paints  used  to  cover  and 
protect  iron  and  woodwork,  for  ship  and  sign  painting,  and  for  the 
various  mechanical  and  ornamental  purposes  to  which  paint  is  applied. 


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For  colored  paints  a  small  proportion  of  the  required  pigment  is 
added,  and  the  whole  is  ground  with  linseed  oil  in  a  mill.  The  paints 
are  prepared  of  different  degrees  of  thinness  for  different  coats,  the 
first  and  second  coats  being  the  thinnest,  and  the  fourth,  or  final  coat, 
'  the  thickest,  if  so  many  coats  are  applied.  Boiled  oil,  litharge,  sugar 
of  lead,  and  spirits  of  turpentine  are  added  to  the  different  mixtures 
to  act  as  dryers.  Pure 
white  lead,  or  white  zinc, 
presents,  in  the  finishing 
coat,  a  beautiful  glazed 
surface,  as  if  it  had  been 
varnished.  In  graining 
and  wood  imitation,  a 
yellow  or  brown  coat  is 
first  laid  on  in  oil,  while 
the  colors  to  imitate  the 
wood  are  ground  in  water, 
and  the  grain  is  made  by 
brushes  and  tooth  combs, 
the  work  being  finished 
and  brought  out  by  var- 
nish. The  firm  have  a 
very  extensive  trade  in 
white  lead,  their  brands 
being  recognized  as  of  the 
purest  quality  manufac- 
tured in  the  entire  West. 
The  establishment  is  at 
all  times  stocked  with 
White  Lead,  Colors  dry 
and  in  Oil,  Varnishes, 
Brushes,  Artists',  Grain-  CHAS.  MOSER  &  co. 

ers',  Gilders'  and  Painters'  Supplies  of  every  description,  and  Window 
Glass.  The  trade  of  the  firm  extends  over  the  States  of  Ohio,  Indi- 
ana, Illinois,  Kentucky,  Virginia,  Pennsylvania,  New  York,  Mich- 
igan, Tennessee,  Arkansas,  and  California.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished in  1853.  If  complimentary  medals  from  Vienna  and  other 
places  were  asked  for  as  recommendations  as  to  prime  quality  of  goods 
made,  the  house  has  enough  to  fill  quite  a  cabinet.  The  members  of 
the  firm  are  Chas.  Moser,  Fred.  Renner,  and  John  Kolbe. 

The  extensive  Trunk,  Valise,  and  Traveling-bag  establishment  of 


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Leonard  &  Cook  is  situated  at  the  north-east  corner  of  Main  and 
Second  Streets,  and  was  established  in  the  year  1857.  The  building, 
which  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  on  either  streets,  has  a  frontage  of 
50  feet  on  Main  and  a  depth  of  150  feet  on  Second  Street.  The  tour- 
ist who  visits  this  house  will  find  an  assortment  of  articles  in  the 


LEONARD    &    COOK. 


above  line  as  complete  as  any  modern  establishment  in  Europe  or 
America  can  exhibit.  The  firm  are  the  introducers  of  many  novelties 
in  traveling  equipage.  Their  building  consists  of  four  floors  and 
basement,  every  part  of  which  is  devoted  to  manufacture,  except  the 
main  floor,  which  is  the  sample  and  salesroom  only.  They  employ 
nearly  65,  to  100  at  times,  hands  during  the  entire  year,  and  their 
wholesale  trade  extends  over  the  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Ken- 


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tucky,  Mississippi,  Louisiana,  Arkansas,  Texas,  Georgia,  Alabama, 
Florida,  Virginia,  Maryland,  in  fact  all  Southern  States  except  the 
East.  The  members  of  tlie  firm  are  Louis  Leonard,  John  Cook. 

The  wholesale  Grocery  establishment  of  James  C.  Hopple  &; 
Co.  is  situated  at  the  south-west  corner  of  Main  and  Second  Streets. 
The  building  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  business  part  of  the  city,  and 
has  a  frontage  of  40  feet  on  Main  Street  and  a  depth  of  160  feet  on 
Second  Street.  The  :  ;?;;:.:^;  .. 

house  was  established  -^^^     ;    :  7^' v  : ::: ;- . . .' ;: 

in  1856.  It  possesses 
all  of  the  modern 
conveniences  for  the 
rapid  transaction  of 
an  extensive  busi- 
ness. Besides  Staple 
Groceries,  the  firm  do 
a  large  jobbing  busi- 
ness in  kindred  arti- 
cles, oftentimes  desig- 
nated  under  the 
general  head  of  Gro- 
ceries. 

The  shipping  and 
receiving  offices  are 
on  the  main  floor, 
and  the  count  ing- 
room  and  private  of- 
fices on  the  second 
floor.  The  firm 
makes  a  specialty  of 
Teas,  Tobaccos,  and 
Syrups.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  extensive,  and  covers  a  large  ter- 
ritory, embracing  the  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Kentucky,  Illinois, 
Tennessee,  and  West  Virginia.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  James 
C.  Hopple,  James  Hopple,  N.  H.  Woodcock,  Edwin  H.  Poynter. 

The  wholesale  Candy  House  and  Manufactory  of  E.  Myers  <fe  Co. 
is  situated  at  No.  40  Main  Street,  and  is  one  of  the  oldest  established 
business  houses  in  the  city,  having  been  founded  in  the  year  1817. 
It  is  consequently  nearly  half  a  century  since  the  business  was  estab- 
lished. The  building  has  a  frontage  of  24  feet  and  a  depth  of  110 
feet,  and,  including  the  basement,  is  six  stories  in  height.  The  main 

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floor  is  the  sales  and  packing  room.     The  counting-room  is  on  the 
first  floor,  and  the  rest  of  the  building  is  devoted  to  manufacturing 

^___._ — — ^ =-^-=r purposes.     All  of  the 

newest  machinery  and 
m  ech  an  ism  e  m  p  1  o y  e  d 
in  this  business  is  used 
throughout  the  manu- 
factory. The  firm 
in  an  u  f  actures  f  r  o  m 
60,000  to  100,000 
pounds  of  sugar  per 
month  into  every  va- 
riety of  Confectionery. 
They  are  also  im- 
porters of  and  dealers 
in  Foreign  F  r  u  i  t  s , 
Nuts,  et.c.,  and  are 
agents  for  the  cele- 
brated Pyrotechnists, 
PI.  P.  Diehl  &  Co.,  of 
this  city.  Their  trade 
extends  over  the  States 
of  Ohio,  "Indiana,  Ken- 
tucky, Illinois,  Mis- 
souri, West  Virginia, 
and  the  South-western 
States.  The  members 
of  the  firm  :  E.  Myers, 
assisted  by  three  of  his 
sons,  packers  for  the 
trade  in  Prize  Candies. 
Neave,  "Ward  & 
Co.'s  old-established 
\  house  is  situated  at  No. 
g  37  and  39  Main  Street, 
and  was  established  in 
the  year  18'59. 
E.  MYERS  &  co.  The  bllik]ing  has  a 

frontage  of  thirty  feet,  a  depth  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet,  and  is 
four  stories  in  height. 

The  business  of  the  house  embraces  dealings  in  every  description 


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of  goods  used  by  Saddlers  and  Harness  Makers,  from  a  bit  to 
a  crupper  loop,  and  all  kinds  of  material  for  carriage  makers- 
Springs,  Axles,  Bolts,  Wheels,  Bodies,  Shafts,  Poles,  Hubs, 
Spokes,  Felloes,  Leather,  Cloths,  Damasks,  Hair,  Varnish,  Paints, 
Lamps,  etc. 

The  trade  of  the  firm  is  quite  extensive,  and  covers  a  wide  terri- 
tory, embracing  the  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Kentucky,  Ten- 
nessee,  Alabama,  Mississippi, 
Georgia,  Louisiana,  Arkansas, 
and  Texas. 

The  members  of  the  firm 
are,  A.  C.  Neave,  Kobert  D. 
Ward,  and  Halsted  Neave. 

J.  S.  Burdsal  &  Co.'s 
old  established  Drug-house  is 
situated  at  the  north-west  cor- 
ner of  Main  and  Front  Streets, 
occupying  Nos.  1,  3,  and.  5 
Main  Street,  with  a  warehouse 
on  Front  Street,  and  is  the 
oldest  drug-house  in  the  city. 
They  have  been  so  long  and 
well  established  that  they  have 
a  steady  and  increasing  trade 
from  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois, 
Kentucky,  West  Virginia, 
Tennessee,  and  other  Southern 
States;  also  Iowa,  Wisconsin, 
Minnesota,  and  California,  for 
their  manufactured  goods. 

About  one  year  ago  they  bought  the  entire  stock  and  good  will  of 
F.  E.  Suire  &  Co.,  one  of  the  largest  drug-housevS  in  the  West,  and 
have  consolidated  the  business  of  the  two  firms  at  the  old  stand.  In 
addition  to  this,  they  have  become  the  owners  and  proprietors  of  the 
celebrated  Koback's  Medicines,  Wayne's  Elixir,  Crab  Orchard  Salts, 
.Royal  Nectar  Gin,  and  other  popular  articles. 

In  addition  to  the  establishment  on  the  corner  of  Main  and  Front, 
they  have  a  Chemical  Laboratory  on  the  corner'of  Eighth  and  Broad- 
way, under  the  personal  supervision  of  Professor  E.  S.  Wayne,  which 
is  perfect  and  complete  in  every  department,  the  paraphernalia  and 
machinery  being  of  the  most  improved  and  modern  construction.  The 


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goods  manufactured  by  this  firm  are  of  standard  quality,  and  are 
ordered  by  the  trade  with  perfect  confidence  in  their  purity. 

They  also  manufacture  Flavoring  Extracts  that  have  a  splendid 
reputation,  and  are  equal  to  any  in  the  market.  Colognes,  Handker- 
chief Extracts,  Lily  White,  and  Perfumeries  are  put  up  in  the  most 
attractive  styles. 

A  very  large  tine  of  chemicals  is  manufactured,  including  Bromide 


J.    S.    BURDSAL  &   CO. 

of  Potassium,  Bromide  of  Ammonia,  Solicylic  Acid,  Prec  Carb.  Iron, 
and  all  the  preparations  of  Iron.  Blue  Mass  and  all  mercurial  prepa- 
ration in  large  quantities;  in  fact,  we  may  well  add,  no  drug-house 
East  or  West  have  better  facilities  for  supplying  the  trade  with  the 
varied  goods  required  by  this  branch  of  trade. 

This  old  drug-house  stands  on  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  interest- 
ing spots  in  the  city.  It  is  said  that  there  has  been  a  drug-store  situ- 
ated at  this  corner  since  the  establishment  of  Cincinnati.  The  store, 
therefore,  irrespective  of  its  intrinsic  excellence,  possesses  features 
of  considerable  local  historic  lore.  The  publications  of  the  Pionier 
Verein  are  full  of  reminiscences  of  this  earliest  quarter,  of  the  city. 


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WALNUT  STREET. 

LEAVING  the  oldest  business  corner  in  the  city,  the  house  of  J.  S. 
Burdsall  &  Co.,  just  described,  we  pass  through  the  rows  of  Commission 
Houses  that  line  Front  Street,  for  one  square,  and  we  are  at  the  foot 
of  Walnut  Street.  This  is  the  most  evenly  built  business  street  in 
the  city,  the  houses  being  mostly  of  a  uniform  height.  The  street 
is  about  a  mile  and  a  half  in  length,  and  the  heavy  business  establish- 
ments extend  at  both  sides  almost  without  interruption  from  the  river 
to  Sixth  Street 

The  "Western  Depot  of  the  Cliff  Mine  Terra  Cotta 
"Works  is  situated  at  the  corner  of  Walnut  and  Water  Streets, 

near  the  Suspen- 
sion Bridge.  The 
factory  is  at 
Wellsville,  Ohio. 
The  business  was 
established  in 
1871.  Mr.  John 
•V.  Nicolai  is  the 
General  Agent  for 
the  West  and 
South. 

The  depot  is  at 
all  times  supplied 
with  a  stock  of  the 
following   named 
JOHN  v.  NICOLAI.  articles— namely: 

Sewer  Pipe,  Fire  Brick,  Fire  Clay,  Fire  Sand,  Ground  Fire  Brick, 
Flue  Linings,  Patent  Chimneys,  Chimney  Tops,  Cement,  Lime,  Land, 
and  Calcined  Plaster,  Plastering  Hair  and  Lawn  Vases,  and  all 
description  of  Terra  Cotta  Building  Material. 

The  immense  number  of  richly  decorated  lawn  vases,  in  the 
shape  of  Roman  and  Grecian  urns,  displayed  around  the  establish- 
ment, gives  this  end  of  the  street  quite  an  artistic  and  picturesque 
appearance. 

Lewis  &  Neblett's  Glass  Warehouse,  at  No.  38  Walnut  Street, 

is  the  principal  house  in  the  general  glassware  business  in  Cincinnati. 

They  carry  an  immense  stock  of  tableware,  such  as  Goblets,  Bowls, 

etc.,  and  they  keep  all  styles  of  articles  needed  for  druggist's  use,  and 

have   a   most  complete   line  of   the   same.      In   window   glass  they 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


transact  a  large  business.  One  of  their 
specialties  is  the  manufacture  of  inde- 
structible fancy  glass  labels  for  druggist's 
shelf-bottles.  The  great -variety  of  these 
goods  they  have  in  stock  is  almost  endless. 
There  is  scarce  an  article  needed  in  any 
first-class  drug-store  that  is  embraced 
under  the  name  of  u  Druggist's  Sundries  " 
of  which  Lewis  &  Neblitt  do  not  keep  an 
immense  stock. 

The  house  of  M.  Bare  &  Co.  occupy 
the  fine  building  No.  41  Walnut  Street. 
They    are  manufacturers  and  agents  for 
j.the    sale   of  White   and   Colored    Carpet 


Warps,  Cotton  Yarns,  Sheet- 
ings, Grain  Bags,  Twines, 
Wick,  etc.;  also,  Manilla,  Sisal, 
Jute,  and  Cotton  Cordage, 
Oakum,  Shot,  Pig  and  Bar 
Lead,  Powder,  Gun  Caps, 
Wads,  etc. 

They  are  also  agents  for  the 
Franklin,  Queen  City,  Ameri- 
can, Baltic,  Pennsylvania, 
Rockford  and  Eagle  Cotton 
Mills;  also  for  the  Miami 
Powder  Company,  American 
Powder  Company,  and  for 
Roebl  ing's  Celebrated  Wire 
Rope. 

The  Commission  House  of 
Taylor  <fe  Brother  is  situ- 
ated at  No.  45  Walnut  Street, 
and  was  established  in  the 


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199 


year  1852.  The  building  consists  of 
four  stories  and  basement.  The  firm  are 
selling  agents  for  the  Albertori  Cotton 
Mills,  Anchor  Cotton  Mills,  Eagle  and 
Banner  Cotton  Mills,  Indiana  Cotton 
Mills,  Nashville  Cotton  Mills,  Laurel 
Hill  Cotton  Mills,  Eclipse  Woolen 
Mills,  Bell  Factory,  Macon  Manufac- 
turing Company,  Stonewall  Manufac- 
turing Company,  Gardner  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  Brownsville  Manufac  ur- 
ing  Company,  Delaware  Manufacturing 
Company.  Alliance  Bagging  Company, 
Magnolia  Mills,  Harmony  Mills,  Day- 
t  o  n  Mills,  xc^^r 

Their  trade  y 
is  exclusively 
commission, 
and  they  rep- 
resent to  the 
general  trade 
the  most  ex- 
tensive lines 
of  goods  in 
the  West. 
Their  stock 

comprises    Brown    Sheetings    and   Shirtings, 

Drills,     Osnaburgs,    Cotton    Duck,    Awning 

Stripes,   Grain  Bags,    Cotton    Yarns,   Carpet 

Warps,  Twines,  and  Batting,  beoides  Flax  and 

Jute  Bagging  in  all  weights  and  finish,  and 

the  Nellis  Iron  Cotton  Ties.     Their  sales  are 

by  the  package  only.    Another  branch  of  their 

business  is  the  purchase  of  Cotton  for  spin- 
ning and  export  account,  a  trade  which  has 

attained  great   importance   of   late  years   in 

Cincinnati. 

Peter    Biedinger's   Wholesale    Paper 

Warehouse    is   situated    at    No.    62    Walnut 

Street.     The  building  has  five  stories  besides 

the  basement.     The  firm  deals   in  Wrapping,     PETER  BIEDINGER  &  SONS. 


TAYLOR    &    BROTHER. 


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KENNY'S  ILL  USTRA  TED  CINCINNA  TI. 


Printing,  Ham,  Manilla,  Roofing,  Writing,  and  Flat  Papers,  Dry- 
goods  and  Leather  Papers,  and  Twines,  Envelopes,  etc.;  manufactures 
Paper,  Paper  Bags  and  Flour  Sacks,  and  pays  particular  attention  to 

the  printing  of 
advertisements 
on  Paper,  Paper 
Bags,  and  Flour 
Sacks,  and  pur- 
chases for  cash 
Rags  and  all 
kinds  of  paper 
stock.  The 
house  was  es- 
tablished in 
1850. 

The  Candy 
Manufactory  of 
P.  Echert  <fe 
Co.  is  situated 
at  No.  64  Wal- 
nut Street.  The 
building  con- 
sists of  six 
stories,  includ- 
ing the  base- 
ment. It  has  a 
f r on  t age  of 
twenty-five  feet, 
and  a  depth  of 
one  hundred 
feet,  and  was 
established  in 
the  year  1861, 
succeeding 
Robert  Hedger, 
who  commenced 
in  1847.  The 
main  floor  is  the 
sales  and  pack- 
ing room,  with 
p.  ECHERT  &  co.  shipper's  office. 


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The  other  floors  are  devoted  entirely  io  manufacturing,  except  a  por- 
tion of  the  second,  which  is  used  for  a  counting-room.  There  are 
about  fifty  hands  constantly  employed  during  the  year. 

The  following  is  a  brief  summary  of  the  articles  manufactured  by 
the  firm  :  Stick  and  other  kinds  of  plain  Candy,  Gum  Drops,  Jujube 
Goods,  Lozenges,  Imperial  and  other  Pan  Goods,  by  steam ;  French 
Cream  Bon  Eons,  Rock  Candy,  Christmas  Sugar  Toys  and  Hearts, 
Chocolate  Creams,  Caramels,  and  a  general  line  of  all  kinds  of  Con- 
fectionary and  Cake  Ornaments. 

They  also  deal  in  the  following  line 
of  goods :  Foreign"  Fruits  and  Nuts, 
Canned  Goods,  Pickles,  Catchups, 
Sauces,  Jellies,  Maple  Sugar,  Cigars, 
Fire  Works,  Chinese  Lanterns,  Bal- 
loons, Flags,  Flavoring  Extracts,  Oils, 
and  Confectioner's  Tools  and  Sup- 
plies, etc. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Peter 
Echert  and  Jacob  Buss. 

The  establishment  of  Mitchell  & 
Whitelaw,  Manufacturing  Confec- 
tioners, is  located  at  No.  70  Walnut 
Street,  and  was  established  in  the  year 
1872.  The  building,  which  is  one  of 
the  finest  on  this  great  commercial 
street,  has  a  frontage  of  twenty-five -|| 
feet  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred  feet, 
It  is,  including  the  basement,  six 
stories  in  height.  It  is  fitted  up  in  the 
most  modern  style,  possessing  all  of, 
the  late  improvements  introduced  into 
establishments  of  this  kind  of  the  first- 
class.  The  firm  manufacture  all  kinds  MITCHELL  &  WHITELAW. 
of  Plain  and  Ornamental  American  and  French  Confectionery  and 
Prize-boxes.  They  alsO>  deal  largely  in  Canned  Fruits,  Foreign 
Fruits,  Nuts,  and  Fire  Works.  Importing  Fruits,  Nuts,  etc.,  direct, 
and  controlling  the  entire  product  of  several  large  manufacturers  of 
Canned  Fruits. 

By  special  and  peculiar  processes  they  prepare  specialties  in  their 
line  which  are  known  on  the  market  as  the  "AXGELIC  SWEETS  "  brand 
of  Stick  Candy,  and  the  "improved  Stick  Candy"  « Fruit  Flavors." 

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These  brands  are  always  pure  and  full  weight,  and  are  widely  known, 
and  have  a  large  sale  on  that  account.  They  are,  in  fact,  absolutely 
free  from  all  deleterious  ingredients, 

The  house  are  also  the  agents  for  the  Oriental  Gunpowder  Company. 

The  members  of  the 
firm  are  Wm.  Mitch- 
ell and  F.  M.  White- 
law. 

Snider  &Hoole's 
establishment,  at  No. 
101  Walnut  Street,  is 
one  of  the  finest  build- 
ings on  that  great 
thoroughfare.  It  has 
a  frontage  of  twenty- 
five  feet,  a  depth  of 
one  hundred  feet,  and 
is,  including  the  base- 
ment, six  stories  high. 
The  firm  are  the  most 
extensive  dealers  in 
Book  Binders'  Mate- 
rials and  Machinery 
in  the  Western  States. 
The  business  was  es- 
tablished in  the  year 
1868.  The  interior  of 
the  establishment  is 
fitted  up  in  a  very 
superior  manner, 
every  thing  is  ar- 
ranged to  facilitate 
the  rapid  transaction 
of  a  large  business. 

The  firm  deal  in 
such  a  multiplicity  of 


SNIDER    &    HOOLE. 


articles  that  no  enu- 
meration can  be  indulged  in.  A  few  may  be  specified — namely, 
Russia  Leather,  English  and  American  Book  Cloths,  Goat  Moroccos 
and  Imitations,  English  Calf-skins,  Straw,  Tar,  and  Trunk  Boards, 
Book-binders  and  Paper-box  Makers'  Stock  Tools  and  Machinery  of 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


203 


every  description.  The  firm  has  branch-houses  in  Chicago  and  St. 
Louis,  and  its  trade  extends  over  every  section  of  the  country  except 
the  New  England  States.  The  members  of  the  firm  are,  Louis  Snider, 
of  Hamilton,  Ohio,  Edwin  Hoole,  of  Cincinnati. 

J.  M.  M'Cullough  <fe  Sons  Seed  and  Agricultural  Ware- 
house is  situated  at  No.  136 
Walnut  Street,  and  was  estab- 
lished in  the  year  1838.  The 
building,  which  is  ranked 
among  the  best  on  the  street, 
has  a  frontage  of  twenty-five 
feet,  a  depth  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty-five  feet,  and  is, 
including  the  basement,  six 
stories  in  height. 

The  firm  deal  in  all  descrip- 
tions of  Field,  Garden  and 
Lawn  seeds,  and  export  Seeds 
in  large  quantities  to  various 
countries  in  Europe. 

The  home  business  of  the 
house  extends  all  over  the 
United  States. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are, 
J.  M.  M'Cullough  and  Albert 
M'Cullough. 

The  firm  of  Wilson,  Hin- 
kle  &  Co.,  Publishers  of  the 
Eclectic  Educational  Series,  is 
located  at  137  Walnut  Street. 
Their  specialty,   the   publica- 
tion of  School-books,  was  begun 
almost  fifty  years  ago,  the  firm  ^ 
foreseeing  at  that  early  day  the  5 
advantages  of  position  which  J-  M-  M'CULLOUGH  &  SONS. 

Cincinnati  would  afford.  The  success  attending  the  enterprise  is  the 
reward  of  the  tireless  energy  and  industry  with  which  it  has  been 
prosecuted. 

Their  publications  are  used  in  every  State  and  territory  of -the 
Union,  and  very  largely  in  foreign  countries.  Among  the  most  popu- 
lar may  be  named— M'Guffey's  Speller  a-nd  Readers,  M'Gufley's  New 


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Primary  Charts,  Kay's  Series  of  Mathematics,  Pinneo's  Grammars 
and  Composition,  Harvey's  Grammars,  Eclectic  Series  of  Geographies, 
Eclectic  System  of  Penmanship,  Venable's  United  States  History, 
Thalheimer's  AncientN  History,  Thalheimer's  Mediaeval  and  Modern 
History,  Brown's  Physiology  and  Hygiene,  Schuyler's  Principles  of 
Logic,  Norton's  Natural  Philosophy,  Schuyler's  Complete  Algebra, 
White's  Graded  School  Arithmetics,  White's  Kegisters  and  Records, 
Kidd's  Elocution  and  Rhetorical  Reader,  Cole's  Institute  Reader, 
-__  ^  _^  Henkle's  Speller,  Williams's  Parser's  Manual, 

Andrews's  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 
Bartholomew's  Latin  Grammar  and  Gradual, 
Buffet's  French  Method,  Venable's  Amateur 
Actor,  Hailman's  Lectures  on  Pedagogy. 

The  books,  though  published  in  a  Western 
city,  are  in  no  sense  sectional,  finding  as  great 
acceptance  in  the  Eastern  cities  as  those  pub- 
lished there. 

The  number  of  hands  employed  and  the 
capital  invested  makes  this  establishment  one 
of  the  most  considerable  in  the  city,  where  large 
enterprises  are  by  no  means  uncommon. 

The  names  of  the  firm  are,  O.  J.  Wilson, 
A.  H.  Hinkle,  L.  Van  Antwerp,  C.  S.  Bragg, 
H.  H.  Vail,  and  Robert  F.  Learn  an. 

Howell  Gano  &  Co.'s  old-established 
Wholesale  Hardware  House  is  situated  at  No. 
138  Walnut  Street,  and  is  one  of  the  principal 
buildings  on  the  street.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished in  the  year  1844. 

The  building  has  a  front  of  twenty-five  feet, 
is  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  deep,  and, 
including  the  basement,  is  seven  stories  high. 
The  Hardware  trade,  and  especially  the  wholesale  department  of 
it,  is  possibly  the  most  difficult  business  to  define.     It  seems  to  have 
no    limit    to    the  •number    of    articles    embraced    under    the   term 
"Hardware." 

Among  the  leading  articles,  or  rather  lines  of  articles,  the  firm 
deal  in  the  following — namely,  Burden's  Horseshoes,  Globe,  Putnam, 
and  A  usable  Horse  Nails,  W.  &  S.  Butcher's  and  Western  Files  and 
Rasps,  Tale  Locks  and  Bronzed  Hardware,  Norwalk  Locks,  American 
Screw  Company's  Screws,  O.  Ames  &  Son's  Shovels  and  Spades,  Joseph 


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205 


Rodgers  &  Sons  and  George  Wosten- 
holm  &  Sons's  Cutlery. 

The  trade  of  the  house  extends 
over  the  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana, 
Virginia,  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Illi- 
nois, Alabama,  Louisiana,  Arkansas, 
Missisippi,  Missouri,  and  Texas. 

The  members  of  the  firm  .are 
Howell  Gano,  Christopher  T.  Adams, 
and  Jacob  W.  Gano. 

The  Warehouse  of  Fairbanks, 
Morse  &  Co.  is  situated  at  No.  139 
Walnut  Street.  The  building  is  one 
of  the  handsomest  on  this  great  busi- 
ness street.  It  has  thirty  feet  front 
and  is  one  , 
hundred  feet 
deep,  and 
consists  of  I 
five  stories. 
E.&T.Fair- 
banks&Co.'s 
FAIRBANKS,  MORSE  &  co.  Scale  Manu- 

factory,  at  St.  Johnsbury, Vermont,  was  estab- 
lished in  the  year  1830,  nearly  half  a  century 

ago.     The  name  is  known  in  every  civilized 

country  of  the  world,  and  the  productions  of  j 

their  manufactory  are  in  use  in  every  clime. 
They  manufacture  Scales  that  will  weigh 

the  one-thousandth   part  of   a  grain   or   the 

heaviest   freight   locomotive  or  loaded   canal 

boats  weighing  five  hundred  tons. 

Their  Scales  are  sold  all  over  the  United 

States,  Canada,  and  Europe. 

W.  E.  Hampton  &  Co.'s  Agricultural 

Implement  and  Seed  Warehouse  is   situated 

at  No.  140  Walnut  Street,  and  is  one  of  the 

finest  buildings  on  this  great  business  street. 

The   front  is  twenty-five  feet,  the  depth  one 

hundred  feet,  and   the  height,  including  the 

basement,  seven  stories.     The  house  deals  in      w.  E.  HAMPTON  &  co. 


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all  descriptions  of  Farm   Machinery  and  Seeds,  Spring  and  Farm 

Wagons,  Knives  and  Sections  for  all  Mowers  and  Reapers  manu- 

factured, Steam  Engines,  Saw  Mills,  etc. 

The  trade  of  the  firm  extends  over  a  wide  territory,  embracing  the 

North-west  and  South  and  portions  of  Europe. 

The  extensive  Whole- 
sale Paper  Warehouse  of 
Charles  Stewart 
occupies  the  two  fine 
buildings  Nos.  141  and 
1  143  Walnut  Street.  The 
frontage  is  forty  feet,  and 
the  depth  one  hundred 
feet.  There  are  five  floors 
besides  basement  in  each 
store.  The  capacity  for  the 
stowage  of  paper  of  every 
grade  is  immense.  Steam 
elevators  connect  every 
floor  in  each  building. 

The  house  manufac- 
tures and  deals,  exclus- 
ively wholesale,  in  Flat 
and  Ruled  Papers,  White 
and  Tinted  Book  Papers, 
Newspaper  and  Manilla 
Papers,  besides  Wrapping 
and  Hardware  Papers, 
Card-board,  Cut  Cards, 
Envelopes,  Printing  Inks, 
Twines,  Flour  Sacks, 
Paper  Bags,  etc. 

The  fipni  was  estab- 
lished as  Stone  &  Stewart 
in  the  year  1868,  and  in 
1875  the  former  retired 
from  the  firm.  The  btisi- 


CHARLES   STEWART. 


negs   Q£ 


over  an  extensive  territory,  but  its  heaviest  operations  are  in  Ohio, 
Pennsylvania,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Mississippi, 
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207 


The  Bromwell  Manufacturing  Company's  building,  which 
is  much  admired  for  its  chaste  and  elegant  appearance,  is  situated  at 
No.  181  Walnut  Street,  next  door  to  the  Gibson  House,  opposite  to 
Mercantile  Library,  and  quite  convenient  to  the  new  government 
buildings.  It  is  in  the  very  heart  of  the  city,  and  has  a  frontage  of 
twenty-five  feet,  and  a  depth  of  two  hundred,  and  is  six  stories, 
including  the  basement,  in 
height.  The  house  was  es- 
tablished in  the  year  1819. 
The  firm  manufactures  every 
description  of  Wire  Goods 
and  Brushes.  Their  cata- 
logue enumerates  nearly  one 
thousand  different  articles. 
The  accompanying  engrav- 
ing represents  the  building, 
which  is  also  their  manu- 
factory. They  have  many 
articles  of  domestic  utility, 
besides  some  specially  in- 
.  tended  for  tourists  and  trav- 
elers. Their  goods  have 
received  medals  every  year 
from  the  Industrial  Exposi- 
tion Commissioners  for  the 
highest  excellence. 

Visitors  will  find  at  the 
Bromwell  Manufacturing 
Company's  salesrooms  the 
most  complete  assortment  of 
wire  goods,  suitable  not  only 
for  housekeepers,  but,  in  fact, 
for  every  body.  It  is  really 
surprising  to  see  the  infinite  number  of  articles  made  of  wire  that  are 
both  useful  and  ornamental.  There  seems  to  be  no  end  to  invention 
in  this  department  of  their  business.  In  brushes  it  is  about  the  same. 
The  assortment  is  truly  amazing,  comprising  brushes  of  every  quality 
and  of  all  sizes,  for  all  kinds  of  uses  and  abuses — for  the  brush,  of  all 
the  household  articles  known,  is  never  spared,  and  most  people  im- 
agine that  a  brush  should  have  no  end  to  its  existence. 

The  manufacture  of  the  wire  and  brush  goods  is  conducted  in  the 


BROMWELL   MANUFACTURING   CO. 


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upper  stories  of  the  establishment,  and  in  their  preparation  a  good 
deal  of  expensive  machinery  is  employed ;  the  workmen,  too,  have  to 
be  none  but  those  who  are  termed  skilled  mechanics,  for  in  the  manu- 
facture of  wire  and  brush  goods  oftentimes  the  greatest  amount  of 
exactness  is  required  to  produce  that  elegant  finish  to  be  generally 
observed  in  the  finer  grades  of  both  these  kinds  of  goods. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are,  Thos.  J.  Melish,  Thos.  M.  Worcester, 
and  Win.  B.  Melish. 

The  Dye  House  of  Wm.  R.  Teasdale  is  situated  at  No.  265* 

Walnut  Street,  and 
was  established  in 
the  year  1835.  It 
is  the  most  exten- 
sive place  of  this 
kind  in  the  'West- 
ern States.  The 
building  has  a 
frontage  of  twenty- 
six  feet  and  a  depth 
of  ninety-four  feet. 
It  is,  including  the 
basement,  five 
stories  in  height. 

Its  interior  ar- 
rangements for  the 
prosecution  of  the 
business  is  of  the 
most  modern  and 
elaborate  order,  in- 
cluding vats,  dye- 
ing tanks,  and  va- 
rious other  appli- 
ances and  machinery.  Ladies'  Dresses,  Gentlemen's  Clothing,  Piano 
Covers,  Curtains,  Kid  Gloves,  Feathers  and  Fringes,  are  a  few  of  the 
leading  articles  that  are  dyed  in  large  quantities.  A  large  proportion 
of  the  articles  dyed  are  received  by  express  companies,  with  directions 
by  mail,  from  almost  all  of  the  Western  and  Southern  States.  An 
immense  number  of  parcels  are  received  in  each  month  during  the 
busy  season.  Descriptive  pamphlets  appertaining  to  the  business  are 
forwarded  on  application.  These  pamphlets  should  be, in  every  house, 
as  they  teach  economy. 


R.    TEASDALE. 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


209 


VINE  STREET. 

CROSSING  one  square  to  the  west  on  Seventh  Street,  just  above 
Teasdale's  Dye  House,  we  arrive  at  the  upper  end  of  the  business  por- 
tion of  Vine  Street.  From  this  point  to  the  river,  with  the  exception 
of  about  two  squares,  the  street  is  lined  its  entire  length  with  heavy 
wholesale  houses,  while  to  the  north  this  great  thoroughfare  leads  di- 
rectly to  the  center  of  all  the  attractions  to  be  found  "Over  the  Rhine." 
Vine  Street  is  the  great  central  business  street  of  the  city.  The 
Burnet  House  and  the  present  Post-office  were  the  two  buildings 
which  first  mainly 
contributed  to  its 
importance.  This 
street  possesses  more 
fine  buildings  than 
any  street  running 
north  and  south. 
Proceeding  toward 
the  river,  we  pass 
some  of  the  most 
extensive  business 
houses  in  the  city. 

The  extensive 
Plumbing  Establish- 
ment  and  Brass 
Foundry  of  Thos. 
Gibson  &  Co.  is 
situated  at  Nos.  200 
and  202  Vine  Street, 
and  was  established 
in  the  year  1832. 
The  firm  are  impor- 
ters and  dealers  in 
Plumbers'  Supplies,  and  are  the  sole  agents  in  the  United  States  for 
Jennings's  celebrated  London  Water-closet  Basin  and  Trap  combined. 
This  is  the  oldest  and  most  extensive  Plumbing  House  in  the  West- 
ern country,  and  not  only  do  the  better  class  of  work  in  the  city,  but 
throughout  the  county  and  adjacent  cities.  They  manufacture  all 
their  own  specialties,  and  these,  are  used  extensively  by  the  trade  in 
general.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Thomas  Gibson,  Calvin  Zell, 
Robt.  Carlisle,  and  L.  Maxwell. 


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The  Franklin  Type  Foundry,  Allison,  Smith  &  Johnson, 
proprietors,  is  situated  at  No.  168  Vine  Street,  and  was  established  in 
the  year  1850.  The  buildings,  which  are  the  most  conspicuous  busi- 
ness structures  on  the  street,  have  a  frontage  of  30  feet,  a  depth  of  200 
feet,  and  are  four  and  five  stories  high.  The  lower  floor  is  the  counting, 
sample,  and  packing  rooms ;  the  second  floor  is  composing-room 
(book  work) ;  the  third  floor  is  electrotyping  and  finishing;  the  fourth 
floor,  stereotyping,  wood-working,  and  type  dressing ;  and  the  fifth  is 
entirely  occupied  as  a  type  foundry. 

The  firm  manufacture  Type,  Stereotype  and  Electrotype  Plates, 


Hand  Printing  Presses,  and  all  kinds  of  Printers'  Furniture.  They 
also  sell  all  descriptions  of  Printing  Material,  and  furnish  complete 
printing  offices  of  any  magnitude.  The  type  for  this  book  was  made 
expressly  to  order,  and  each  and  every  illustration  in  the  book  was 
electrotyped  separately,  and  afterward  with  the  letter  press,  at  the 
Franklin  Type  Foundry.  The  Foundry  is  noted  for  turning  out  the 
very  best  grade  of  work  in  every  department.  The  members  of  the 
firm  are  Robt.Allison,  Chas.  H.  Smith,  H.L.  Johnson. 


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211 


The  wholesale  and  retail  Jewelry  establishment  of  Clemens 
Oskamp  is  situated  at  175  Vine  Street;  the  manufactory  at  the 
corner  of  Harrison  and  Culvert  Streets.  The  former  has  a  frontage 
of  30  feet  and  a  depth  of  100  feet,  and  is  five 
stories  in  height.  The  latter  has  a  front  of  25 
feet  and  a  depth  of  100  feet,  and  consists  of 
.  three  stories.  The  business  was  established  in 
the  year  1844.  In  the  retail  salesroom  there 
is  displayed  the  finest  assortment  of  Watches, 
Diamonds,  Silver  Ware,  Jewelry,  Clocks, 
Bronzes,  and  other  articles  in  the  Jewelry 
line. 

The    manufactory,   which    has   been   only 
recently  fitted  up,  is  a  modern  establishment 
in  every  sense  of  the  word,  and  contains  the 
newest  and  most  perfect  machinery  and  de- 
vices, by  which  the  firm  are  enabled  to  turn 
out  patterns  of  workmanship  of  the  most  ex- 
quisite and  beautiful  finish.     In  Table  Ware 
the  firm  excel,  their  productions  being  con- 
sidered equal  to  the  best  made  Table  Ware 
manufactured    in    this   country.      In    elegant          CLEMENS  OSKAMP. 
Jewelry,  such  as  Cameo  Sets,  Roman  Bracelets,  fine  Lockets,  and  the 
like,  the  articles  of  their  production  are  unrivaled.     Manufacturing 
and  importing  goods  for  the  wholesale  trade  is  the  principal  part  of 

this  firm's  business,  and  during 
the  season  dealers  from  all 
parts  of  the  country  can  be 
seen  in  their  wholesale  depart- 
ment laying  in  supplies;  and 
their  traveling  salesmen  reach 
all  distant  points  at  regular 
intervals  with  large  stocks  of 
goods. 

The  following  remarks  with 
regard   to  the  general  use  of 
Jewelry    are   taken    from    the 
THE  MANUFACTORY.  British     Eeport    on     Jewelry 

made  at  the  late  Vienna  Exposition,  and  were  published  in  the  Freie 
Presse,  of  Vienna: 

"The  love  of  personal  decoration  is  a  sentiment  which  man  shares 


212  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


with  the  animals,  as  a  record  of  his  connection  with  them  in  the 
chain  of  creation,  which  binds  all  organized  being  into  one  consistent 
whole.  In  modern  times  the  naturalists  of  the  Darwinian  school  have 
first,  in  the  history  of  natural  science,  turned  their  attention  to  the 
effects  of  the  various  brilliant  decorations  of  animals  upon  their  suc- 
cess in  the  'struggle  for  life,'  and  have  already  arrived  at  most 
valuable  conclusions  concerning  it. 

"It  is  nothing  against  some  of  the  ornaments  worn  at  present  by 
ladies  of  fashion  that  they  resemble  those  worn  by  their  barbarian 
ancestors.  Those  who  use  them  are  not  necessarily  barbarians;  but 
the  fact  only  shows  that  the  love  of  ornament  is  inherent  in  human 
nature,  while  its  manifestations  take  on  the  various  phases  of  the 
increased  culture  of  the  time. 

"A  lady  who  wears  bracelets  and  ear-rings  would  be  shocked  by 
the  suggestion  that  she  should  add  to  her  attractions  by  wearing  also 
a  nose-ring,  a  lip-ring,  or  anklets;  or  that  she  should  tattoo  her  face 
in  fanciful  patterns  with  brilliantly  colored  dyes.  Yet  many  of  her 
contemporary  sisters  still  use  all  these  appliances  of  ornament,  and 
from  the  same  natural  and  inherent  tendency  for  decoration.  The 
extent  to^Jiich  this  has  increased  during  the  last  decade  justifies  the 
estimate  that,  with  the  importations  from  abroad,  there  are  consumed 
in  the  United  States  at  least  twenty  millions  of  dollars'  worth  of 
jewelry  a  year.  In  modern  times  the  improved  processes  of  the  arts, 
arising  from  the  application  of  science  to  their  methods  and  the  intro- 
duction of  the  use  of  machinery,  has  so  cheapened  and  increased  the 
production  of  jewelry  as  to  place  within  the  reach  of  every  one  the 
ability  to  gratify  his  taste  for  it,  as  can  be  easily  verified  by  any  one 
who  takes  a  look  through  Oskamp's  retail  jewelry  house. 

"In  the  United  States  the  greater  equality  of  our  political  condi- 
tions, together  with  the  freer  circulation  of  the  results  of  industry, 
and  the  activity  of  our  social  life,  has  led  to  the  almost  universal  use 
of  jewelry." 

The  Amazon  Fire  Insurance  Company  is  located  in  D. 
Sinton's  fine  building,  126  Vine  Street,  opposite  the  Burnet  House. 
The  following  is  a  brief  history  of  the  Company: 

Organized  on  the  1st  day  o£  October,  1871,  with  a  paid-up  capital 
of  $500,000.  This  Company  has  in  its  brief  existence  of  less  than  four 
years  received  in  premiums  $3,219,345.65,  and  has  paid  to  its  policy 
holders  losses  to  the  extent  of  $1,650,077.92.  It  has  now  in  successful 
operation  about  550  agencies,  being  represented  in  most  of  the 
States  of  the  Union.  Starting  just  on  the  eve  of  the  great  Chicago 


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conflagration,  of  1871,  it  has  safely  passed  through  the  fiery  ordeal  of 
the  past  four  years,  including  the  Boston  fires  of  1872  and  1873,  the 
Chicago  fire  of  1874,  and  the  many  of  lesser  note,  and  to-day  stands 
at  the  head  of  the  fire  insurance 
companies  of  the  State.  Its  di- 
rectory is  composed  of  leading 
business  men  of  the  city  and 
State,  and  its  record  entitles  it 
to  the  confidence  and  favor  of 
the  public. 

The  names  of  the  officers  are 
Gazzam  Gano,  President;  By- 
ron D.  West,  Secretary ;  D.  N. 
Comingore,  Treasurer.  g 

The  Mutual  Fire  Insur-  i 
ance  Company  of  Cincin- 
nati is  situated  on  the  second 
floor  of  Sinton's  fine  building 
on  Vine  Street,  No.  126,  oppo- 
site the  Burnet  House.  It  was 
organized  December  7,  1874, 
under  the  General  Insurance 
Laws  of  Ohio,  and  issues  poli- 
cies on  the  mutual  plan  on 
houses,  buildings,  and  other 
property  for  five  years,  receiv- 


AMAZON    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY. 


ing  twenty  per  cent  in  cash  and  deposit  note  for  eighty  per  cent, 
assessable  only  for  losses  and  expenses  after  the  cash  receipts  have 
been  exhausted,  and  the  balance  unassessed  at  the  expiration  or  can- 
cel ation  of  the  policy  being  returned  to  the  policy-holder  as  profit. 
It  is  the  only  Company  ever  organized  in  this  country  which  insures 
personal  property  on  this  basis,  and  has  proven  a  great  success. 

The  following  is  the  organization  for  1875:  Board  of  Directors, 
elected  January  18,  1875,— A.  M.  Holton,  C.  W.  Moulton,  B.  W. 
Wasson,  Abner  L.  Frazer,  Lewis  Heinsheimer,  Jos.  F.  Header,  N. 
Koff,  J.  M.  Wallingford,  Dr.  J.  H.  Buckner,  W.  W.  Backman,  Wm. 
H.  Hoover,  H.  Muelhauser,  B.  W.  Putnam,  P.  B.  Spence,  Jabez  M. 
Waters,  E.  W.  Keys,  W.  N.  Hobart.  Officers,— A.  M.  Holton,  Presi- 
dent ;  Richard  W.  Keys,  Vice-President ;  N.  Roff,  Secretary. 

The  firm  of  Tolle,  Holton  &  Co.,  wholesale  Dry  Goods  Dealers, 
is  situated  in  Sinton's  fine  building  on  Vine  Street,  No.  124,  opposite 


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the  Burnet  House.  The  house  was  established  in  the  year  1850.  N.o 
situation  can  boast  of  such  ready  access  to  all  prominent  parts  of  the 
city.  This  establishment  stands  partly  between  the  wholesale  and 
retail  portions  of  the  principal  business  thoroughfares.  Their  trade 
is  mostly  confined  to  the  States  of  West  Virginia,  Kentucky,  Ohio, 
Indiana,  Illinois,  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Georgia,  Mississippi,  and  Texas. 
Besides  Staple  and  Fancy  Dry  Goods,  the  firm  deal  largely  in 
lines  of  Hosiery,  Notions,  etc.  With  regard  to  Hosiery,  in  which 
Tolle,  Holton  &  Co.  do  a  very  large  business,  it  may  be  mentioned 

that  the  word  hose  was  once  almost  ex- 
clusively applied  to  long  stockings,  in 
regard  to  the  garments  of  past  ages; 
and  on  that  ground  the  terms  Hosiery 
and  Stockings  became  applied  indis- 
criminately. But  Hosiery,  in  a  panu- 
facturing  sense,  now  means  something 
more  than  Stockings.  It  is  a  compre- 
hensive designation  for  those  textile 
fabrics — for  whatever  kinds  of  garment 
intended — which  are  made  by  a  sort  of 
knitting  or  chain  work,  unlike  the 
regular  long  threads  and  cross-threads 
of  ordinary  weaving;  and  therefore 
Gloves,  Drawers,  Under-waistcoats, 
Night-caps,  Guernsey  Shirts,  etc.,  are 
included,  as  well  as  Stockings,  under 
the  name  of  Hosiery.  But  it  was  not 
until  steam  power  was  brought  into 
requisition  that  the  Hosiery  manufac- 
;  ture  received  its  full  development. 
The  Hosiery  machines,  which  are  now 
an  important  feature  in  the  trade,  bear 
the  same  relation  to  the  Stocking  frame  that  the  power-loom  bears  to 
the  hand-loom.  One  variety,  the  circular  machine,  is  important,  as 
it  facilitates  the  production  of  seamless  garments. 

In  many  parts  of  Eastern  Mohammedan  Europe  the  fashion  and 
embroidery  of  the  hose  are  the  subject  of  most  anxious  consideration 
than  of  any  other  part  of  the  dress.  The  languid  Oriental  beauties  of 
the  Seraglios  pay  any  price  in  the  Turkish  bazars  for  Stockings  which 
set  off  to  the  best  advantage  their  exquisitely  modeled  feet  and  ankles, 
which  are  allowed  to  appear  far  more  liberally '  than  in  Western 


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Europe.  The  "Arabian  Nights'  Entertainment,"  the  best  record,  by 
the  way,  of  Eastern  life,  such  as  it  once  was  in  the  proud  days  of 
Bagdad  and  the  good  Caliph  Haroun-Al-Raschid,  are  full  of  the  most 
glowing  descriptions  of  the  beauty  of  the  slippered  feet  clad  in  almost 
gossamer  Stockings.  The  Crusades  brought  the  fashion  of  this  deli- 
cate work  into  England,  France, 
Germany,  and  Italy.  Hose 
were  then  produced  entirely  by 
hand,  as  the  German  Hausfrau 
makes  them  now,  and  it  is 
within  comparatively  very  late 
years  that  machinery  has  been 
successfully  applied  to  the 
manufacture  of  every  part;  and 
dozens  of  stockings  can  now  be 
purchased  for  what  a  single 
pair  would  have  cost  a  hundred 
years  ago. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are 
W.  B.  Toll£,  A.  M.  Holton,  J. 
B.  Pearce,  and  T.  M.  Porter. 

The  establishment  of 
Messrs.  Esselborn  Bros., 
importers  and  manufacturers 
of  Millinery,  Straw,  and  Silk 
Goods,  is  situated  in  Sinton's 
magnificent  block  of  buildings, 
122  Vine  Street,  opposite  the 
Burnet  House.  The  firm  was 
established  in  the  year  1864, 
and  has  been  in  its  present  lo- 
cation since  1870.  The  three 
upper  floors  of  the  building  oc- 
cupied by  this  firm  are  used  as 
salesrooms;  the  basement  and 
sub-cellar  are  used  for  packing,  ESSELBORN  BROS. 

shipping,  etc.  The  salesrooms  rank  among  the  finest  in  this  city, 
each  floor  being  25  by  125  feet  deep,  with  a  splendid  light  throughout. 
The  firm  is  renowned  for  its  elegant  openings  at  each  season.  These 
openings,  so  important  to  the  trade,  were  first  introduced  in  our  city 
by  the  Messrs.  Esselborn  Bros. 


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One  of  the  members  of  the  firm  is  constantly  attending  the  New 
York  markets  during  the  busy  seasons,  in  order  always  to  be  prepared 
to  offer  to  their  patrons  every  thing  that  is  new  and  desirable.  The 
facilities  offered  by  this  firm  in  variety  of  stock,  as  well  as  the  induce- 
ments offered  regarding  terms,  are  not  excelled  by  any  other  house 
either  East  or  West.  J.  and  A.  Esselborn  are  the  only  members  of 
this  firm. 

The  wholesale  Grocery  House  of  Wm.  Glenn  &  Sons  is  situated 

at  Nos.  68,  70,  and  72  Vine 
Street,  and  was  established 
in  the  year  1844.  The 
building  has  a  frontage  of 
63  feet  and  a  depth  of  180. 
It  is,  including  the  base- 
ment,  seven  stories  in 
height.  The  establishment 
is  fitted  up  with  all  the 
modern  facilities  for  the 
transaction  of  a  heavy 
business.  The  principal 
offices  are  on  the  second 
floor.  -Steam  power  is 
used  in  working  the  eleva- 
tors, which  connect  every 
floor  of  -the  concern.  The 
whole  number  of  hands 
employed  in  the  ware- 
houses is  52.  The  business 
of  the  firm  extends  over  a 
very  wide  territory,  em- 
bracing the  States  of  Ohio, 
Kentucky,  Indiana,  Illi- 
nois, Tennessee,  Alabama, 
WM.  GLENN  &  SONS.  Georgia,  Arkansas,  Penn- 

sylvania, West  Virginia,  and  Michigan.  The  firm  import  and  deal 
largely  in  Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries,  Provisions,  etc.,  carrying  a 
large  stock  and  great  variety,  offering  superior  inducements  to  coun- 
try merchants.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Wm.  Glenn,  Jas.  M. 
Glenn,  and  Eichard  Dymond. 

The  Plate  and  Sheet  Glass  warehouse  of  Wm.  Grlenny  &  Co. 
was  established  in  the  year  1851.     The  building,  which  is  located  at 


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No.  39  Vine  Street,  has  a  frontage  of  30  feet  and  a  depth  of  100  feet. 
It  is  five  stories  in  height  with  cellar.  On  the  different  floors  the 
various  qualities  of  glass  are  arranged  according  to  size  and  weight. 
The  assortment  includes  French  Plate  Glass  for  show  windows  and 
private  dwellings,  Looking-glass  Plates  of  all  sizes  and  qualities, 
Hammered  and  Rough  Glass,  Embossed,  Cut,  and  Stained  Glass,  for 
Churches,  etc.,  French  and  English  Crystal  Glass,  French  and  English 
Sheet  Glass,  and  American  Window  Glass. 

This  firm  make  a  specialty  of  Plate  Glass,  and  have  furnished 
most  of  the  fine  stores  in  the  city,  as  well  as  many  of  the  private 
mansions  in  the  suburbs.  Plate  Glass  & 

is  in  some  respects  the  most  beautiful 
of  all  kinds  of  glass,  on  account  of  its 
transparency,  colorlessness,  high  polish, 
absolute  flatness,  and  facility  of  being 
silvered.  The  manufacture  differs  in 
many  important  particulars  from  that 
of  other  kinds  of  glass,  as  the  following 
brief  account  will  show:  The  melting- 
pots  are  very  large,  some  of  them  hold- 
ing as  much  as  3,500  pounds  of  glass. 
When  the  molten  mass  is  ready  for  use, 
a  large  copper  ladle,  held  by  a  handle, 
is  employed  to  lade  it  out  from  the 
melting-pots  into  other  pots  called 
cisterns,  where  it  is  allowed  to  fine  or 
refine  by  settling,  and  to  lower  some- 
what in  temperature.  The  casting- 
table  then  comes  into  use.  This  is 
made  of  iron,  brass,  or  bronze,  and  is 
always  as  perfect  a  slab  as  the  art  of 
the  metallurgist  can  produce — beauti- 
fully even,  flat,  and  smooth,  sometimes  as  much  as  20  feet  long  by  11 
broad,  and  7  inches  thick.  There  is  a  framework  round  this  slab, 
which  facilitates  the  operations.  Huge  tongs  take  the  cistern  out  of 
the  furnace;  a  crane  lifts  it  up  and  places  it  in  a  peculiar  position 
over  one  end  of  the  table;  the  slab  is  heated  to  a  certain  temperature; 
(the  cistern  is  tilted  up;  and  the  golden  stream  flows  all  over  the 
table,  being  prevented  by  raised  edges  from  running  over.  A  large 
copper  cylinder  then  rolls  to  and  fro,  bringing  the  molten  glass  to  a 
uniform  level  and  thickness.  When  sufficiently  solidified  to  be 

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moved,  the  immense  sheet  of  glass  is  pushed  end  on  into  an  annealing 
oven,  which  is  built  close  to  it.  When  the  glass  is  annealed,  it  is 
ready  for  grinding,  to  give  smoothness  to  surfaces  which  are  as  yet 
somewhat  rough. 

The  business  of  the  house  is  very  extensive  and  covers  an  immense 
territory,  including  mostly  all  of  the  States  of  Alabama,  Arkansas, 
Georgia,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Kansas,  Kentucky,  Louisiana,  Michigan, 
Mississippi,  Missouri,  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Ohio,  Tennes- 
see, Texas,  Virginia,  West  Virginia. 
The  members  of  the  firm  are  Wm. 
Glenny  and  Geo.  W.  Dial. 

The  extensive  and  elegant  ware- 
houses of  Reis  Brothers  &  Co.,  im- 
porters and  jobbers  of  Foreign  Fruits, 
Canned  Goods,  and  Fancy  Groceries, 
are  situated  at  Nos.  33  and  35  Vine 
Street,  and  were  established  in  the  year 
1860.  The  stores,  which  are  among 
the  finest  on  this  great  business  street, 
have  a  frontage  of  about  40  feet,  a 
depth  of  110  feet,  and  are,  including 
the  basement,  five  stories  in  height. 
The  shipping  and  receiving  offices  are 
on  the  main  floor,  and  the  counting-room 
and  private  offices  are  approached  by 
a  separate  flight  of  stairs  to  the  second 
floor.  Hydraulic  engines  deliver  the 
goods  on  the  different  floors. 

The  multitude  of  articles  dealt  in 
by  the  firm  precludes  the  possibility  of 
enumerating  any  but  the  main  lines  of 
goods,  which  include  all  kind  of  Foreign  Fruits  and  Fancy  Groceries 
of  their  own  importation.  They  are  also  the  sole  agents  of  Geo. 
Thompson  &  Co.'s  Banner  Soap.  With  the  factory  the  house  is 
connected  by  its  own  private  telegraph  wire,  and  thus  many  delays  to 
customers  are  obviated. 

The  business  of  the  house  extends  over  a  vast  extent  of  country, 

and  which  includes  dealings  in  the  States  of  Ohio,  Kentucky,  Iowa, 

Indiana,  Illinois,  Missouri,  Mississippi,  Tennessee,  Louisiana,  Texas. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Samuel  Eeis,  Abraham  Keis,  and 

Julius 


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RACE  STREET. 

PROCEEDING  one  square  west  on  Front  Street,  after  leaving  the 
establishment  of  Reis  Bros.  &  Co.,  we  find  ourselves  at  the  foot  of 
Race  Street.  It  is  only  within  the  last  seven  years  that  this  has  be- 
come a  leading  business  street.  It  now  possesses  as  fine  buildings  as 
any  street  in  the  city,  and  is  lined  on  both  sides  as  far  up  as  Fifth 
Street  with  mercantile  and  manufacturing  establishments. 

The  Corrugated  Elbow  Company's  building  is  situated  at 
Nos.  45  and  47  Race  Street.  The  hjstory  of  the  Corrugated  Elbow  is 
quite  interesting 
from  a  business 
point  of  view, 
and  is  briefly  as 
follows:  This 
valuable  inven- 
tion was  pur- 
chased from  the 
patentees  for  the 
West  and  South 
by  the  Resor  El- 
bow  Manufac- 
turing Company, 
with  a  factory  at 
Cincinnati.  The 
North-west,  by 
the  Sellew  El- 
bow Company, 
with  a  factory  at 
Chicago.  The 
East,  by  the  Sel- 
lew Elbow  Com- 
pany, with  a 
factory  at  New 

York,  and  the  Burgoyne  Elbow  Company,  with  a  factory  at  Phila- 
delphia. This  present  Company,  the  Corrugated  Elbow  Company,  is 
a  consolidation  of  the  above  named  interests,  and  are  sole  owners  of 
this  patent  for  the  United  States,  and  have  factories  at  New  York, 
Cincinnati,  and  Chicago.  Their  machinery,  though  simple,  is  very 
extensive,  and  has  been  improved  from  year  to  year,  so  that  now  it 
requires  only  half  a  minute  to  make  an  Elbow,  and  the  capacity  is 


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such  that  either  factory  alone  could  supply  the  whole  United  States. 
The  Corrugated  Elbow  is  now  sold  in  every  city,  town,  village,  and 
hamlet  of  the  United  States,  and  at  prices  that  defy  competition.  The 
officers  of  the  Company  are  I.  B.  Eesor,  President;  Win.  S.  Munson, 

Vice-President ;  L.  C.  Good- 
ale,  Secretary;  Charles  H. 
Law,  General  Superintend- 
ent and  Treasurer. 

The  firm  of  Chambers, 
Stevens  &  Co.,  whole- 
sale Dry  Goods  Dealers, 
occupy  a  large  portion  of 
the  splendid  building  on 
the  south-west  corner  of 
Race  and  Pearl  Streets. 
The  firm  was  established 
in  1857.  Their  trade  covers 
a  very  extensive  territory, 
and  embraces  dealings  in 
Imported  and  Domestic 
Fabrics,  also  a  large  variety 
of  Staple  and  Fancy  No- 
tions. 

The  warehouse,  which  is 
one  of  the  finest  in  the  city, 
and  peculiarly  adapted  to 
the  requirements  of  the  Dry  Goods  trade,  possesses  every  modern  ap- 
pliance for  the  transaction  of  an  extensive  business.  The  members  of 
the  firm  are  Josiah  Chambers,  Levi  E.  Stevens,  and  Theodore  Shotwell. 
Among  the  more  prominent  wholesale  Dry  Goods  houses  is  that  of 
Charles  H/Wolff  &  Co.,  established  in  the  year  1844.  The  firm 
occupy  two  warehouses,  at  Nos.  131  and  133  Race  Street,  owned  by 
them,  expressly  arranged  for  the  accommodation  of  their  business. 
A  thorough  system  of  light  and  ventilation  has  been  secured  to  the 
remotest  corner  of  each  and  every  floor.  The  offices,  which  are  in  the 
rear  of  the  first  floor,  are  comfortably,  but  not  ostentatiously,  fur- 
nished. The  firm  deals  principally  in  Dry  Goods  manufactured  in 
the  United  States,  including  Woolen,  Cotton,  and  Silk  Fabrics,  and 
also  Foreign  Goods,  imported  by  them,  and  purchased  East,  and  their 
trade  is  limited  to  no  section  of  the  country.  The  trade  of  Charles 
H.  Wolff  &  Co.  includes  large  transactions  in  Cotton  Goods.  The 


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CHAS.   H.  WOLFF   &   CO. 

Osnaburgs,  Attakapas  jeans,  and  Ala- 
bama plaids.  The  members  of  the  firm 
are  Charles  H.  Wolff;  George  H.  Wolff 
(who  resides  in  New  York,  and  repre- 
sents the  house  there),  Alfred  Wolff,  and 
William  F.  Wolff,  all  brothers. 

Devou  &  Co.'s  wholesale  Milli- 
nery establishment  is  situated  at  No.  137 
Race  Street,  between  Third  and  Fourth 
Streets,  and  was  established  in  the  year 
1847.  The  building,  which  is  one  of  the 
best  on  Race  Street,  has  a  frontage  of 
36  feet  and  is  121  feet  in  depth.  It  is 
four  stories  high.  The  internal  arrange- 
ment is  of  the  most  complete  and  perfect 
order,  the  rooms  having  been  specially 
fitted  up  for  the  millinery  business.  The 
firm  receive  during  the  Fall  and  Spring 
seasons  all  of  the  newest  novelties  intro- 
duced in  the  East,  while  from  Paris  they 


following  facts  concerning  cotton  goods 
alone  will  be  found  interesting:  Of  the 
cotton  grown  in  this  country  we  manufac- 
ture about  one-fourth  or  one-fifth.  That 
is  to  say,  of  a  4,000,000  bale  crop,  some- 
what over  3,000,000  are  exported,  and 
from  800,000  to  1,000,000  bales  are  con- 
verted into  cloth,  mostly  in  the  north- 
eastern States.  The  standard  for  judging 
of  the  weight  and  durability  of  a  cotton 
fabric  is  the  number  of  threads  in  a  square 
inch.  Some  cambric  shows  a  net- work 
under  the  glass  of  92  to  96  threads  in  each 
square  inch.  Some  standard  sheetings 
show  64  by  64.  Of  the  million  bales  spun 
by  us,  full 
one -half  is 
ma  tie  into 
such  coarse, 
durable  fab- 
rics as  the 


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receive  the  most  fashionable  styles  of  bonnets.  Strangers  visiting  the 
city  in  the  early  Fall  and  Spring  often  make  it  an  object  to  visit 
Devon's  merely  to  see  the  new  styles  for  the  season.  One  of  the  fea- 
tures of  the  house  is  the  Trimming  Department,  where  many  young 
ladies,  mostly  experts,  are  employed.  The  location  of  the  house,  only 
a  few  doors  from  the  principal  thoroughfare  of  the  city,  and  near  to 
all  of  the  principal  hotels,  renders  it  a  convenient  point  to  visit  at  all 
times.  The  member  of  the  house  is  W.  P.  Devon. 

The  extensive  Publishing,  Printing,  and  Blank-book  manufactory 

and  warerooms  of  Wilstach,  Bald- 
win &  Co.  are  situated  at  Nos.  141 
and  143  Race  Street.  The  warerooms 
have  a  frontage  of  42  feet  and  depth 
of  100  feet,  and  are  four  stories  in 
height.  The  manufactory,  situated 
immediately  in  the  rear  of  the  ware- 
rooms,  has  a  frontage  of  80  feet,  a 
depth  of  80  feet,  and  is  five  stories  in 
height,  and  is  the  largest  in  the  West. 
Their  publications  embrace  some  of 
the  most  important  works  issued  in 
the  West;  namely,  medical,  law,  bio- 
graphical, musical,  text -books  for 
schools  and  colleges,  and  miscellane- 
ous. They  manufacture  Blank-books 
for  the  jobbing  trade,  county  offices, 
banks,  railroads,  and  general  mercan- 
tile use,  and  furnish  every  variety  of 
Printing,  Binding,  Engraving,  and 
Lithography. 

This  firm  are  renowned  not  only 
WILSTACH,  BALDWIN  &  co.  for  the  superior  finish  of  their  Blank- 

books,  such  as  ledgers,  cash-books,  etc.,  but  also  for  the  excellence  and 
taste  of  their  general  Book-binding.  The  invention  of  printing  made 
general  the  use  of  calf  and  morocco  binding  on  oaken  boards,  and 
stamped  in  gold  or  in  "  blind  tooling."  The  British  Museum  has 
many  books  bound  in  England  in  the  time  of  Henry  VII.  The  period 
of  Henry  VIII  produced  many  magnificent  specimens  of  binding,  and 
under  Elizabeth  embroidery  bindings  were  introduced.  Folios  of  that 
period,  in  plain  calf,  show  most  substantial  work.  On  the  Continent, 
book-binding  fairly  took  rank  as  a  fine  art,  and  early  enlisted  the 


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attention  of  true  artists.  In  1830,  books  to  the  value  of  $3,500,000, 
one-third  of  them  school-books,  were  printed  in  the  United  States. 
Since  that  time,  with  the  increase  of  population,  the  general  diffusion 
of  education,  and  the  introduction  of  machinery  and  other  facilities, 
the  growth  of  the  book  business  in  the  United  States  has  been  enormous. 

New  tools  and  machines  to  aid  the  book-binder  have  been  intro- 
duced from  time  to  time,  until  now  most  of  the  heavier  operations 
are  conducted  entirely  by  machinery. 
This  is  the  case  in  every  department 
of  the  extensive  Book-bindery  of  Wil- 
stach,  Baldwin  &  Co.  There  are  about 
150  hands  employed  constantly  during 
the  year.  The  members  of  the  firm  are 
Charles  F.  Wilstach,  F.  H.  Baldwin, 
John  S.  Baker,  and  Theodore  H.  Lee. 

The  Oil,  Varnish,  and  G lass  ware- 
house, and  the  Paint  manufactory,  of 
Wm.  H.  Bucher  is  situated  at  No. 
171  Race  Street,  between  Fourth  and 
Fifth  Streets.  The  building  has  a 
frontage  of  30  feet  and  a  depth  of  300 
feet.  Among  the  articles  usually  to 
be  found  in  the  warehouse  is  a  general 
stock  of  Plate  and  Sheet  Window- 
glass.  In  the  manufactory,  which  is 
situated  directly  in  the  rear  of  the 
warehouse,  there  is  every  variety  of 
new  and  costly  machinery  for  the  ma- 
nipulation and  preparation  of  White 
Lead,  Zinc,  and  colors  of  every  descrip- 
tion. The  glass  department  includes 
stocks  of  French  polished  plate  glass, 
French  and  American  window  glass, 
and  all  other  varieties  of  plain  and 
fancy  glass.  The  house  was  established  in  1865,  Of  the  many  colors 
manufactured  by  color-makers,  the  aniline,  or  coal-tar,  colors  are  by 
far  the  most  remarkable  of  all  those  which  the  dyer  and  color-printer 
now  employ,  in  being  the  most  beautiful  as  to  tint  and  luster,  and 
produced  from  one  of  the  cheapest  and  most  unpleasant  of  substances, 
coal-tar.  At  the  time  of  the  first  Great  Exhibition,  in  1851,  these 
colors  were  unknown. 


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THIRD  STREET. 

Third  Street  is  the  most  important  business  street  in  the  city. 
It  is  also  the  great  financial  center — the  Wall  Street,  it  may  be  said, 
of  Cincinnati.  Upon  it  are  located  most  of  the  banks,  banking  houses, 
and  brokers'  offices ;  nearly  all  of  the  insurance  and  real  estate  offices, 
besides  many  of  the  heaviest  cloth  and  clothing  houses  in  the  city. 
There  are  some  extensive  manufactories  on  the  east  and  west  ends. . 

In  the  year  1863 
thehouseof  Spence 
Brothers  &;  Co. 
were  attracted  to 
Cincinnati  by  her 
peculiar  advantages 
for  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  all  varie- 
ties of  Fine-cut  To- 
bacco, both  because 
it  is  the  great  origi- 
^  nal  market  for  Cut- 
ting Leaf,  and  in  im- 
mediate proximity 
to  the  territory 
where  it  is  grown. 
At  that  period  Cin- 
cinnati was  almost 
unknown  as  a  place 
for  the  manufacture 
of  fine-cut,  but  from 
the  commencement 
this  firm  took  a  lead- 
ing position  in  the 
trade  on  account  of 
the  high  standard  of  excellence  which  they  established  and  maintained 
on  their  brands  of  chewing,  which  soon  became  exceedingly  popular 
(especially  the  Ambrosia)  with  all  users  of  tobacco.  Their  business 
increased,  until,  in  1874,  they  secured  the  stone  front  Union  Block, 
56,  58,  60,  and  62  East  Third  Street,  being  eighty  feet  in  width  and 
one  hundred  feet  in  depth  and  six  stories  high,  including  the  base- 
ment, with  space  for  light  and  ventilation  all  around  it.  This  build- 
ing they  remodeled  and  fitted  up  with  all  the  new  and  most  approved 


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machinery  for  the  manufacture  of  tobacco.  They  produce  a  great 
variety  of  brands,  all  of  them  very  popular,  especially  the  Formosa, 
Ambrosia,  Rivals,  and  Uncle  Sam  Chewing  and  Wigwam  Smoking. 
They  now  employ  more  than  two  hundred  operatives.  Their  trade 
extends  to  every  State  in  the  Union,  is  with  the  largest  jobbers,  and 
is  steadily  growing.  They  also  possess  a  tobacco  drying  house  in  the 
center  of  one  of  the  best  leaf-growing  districts  of  Kentucky,  where 


they  purchase  the  tobacco  direct  from  the  planters  and  cure  it  es- 
pecially for  their  own  manufacture. 

The  Safe  Deposit  Company,  of  Cincinnati,  is  located  in  the 
Lafayette  Bank,  on  the  north  side. of  Third  Street,  between  Main  and 
Walnut  Streets.  The  Company  was  organized  in  the  year  1866,  for 
the  protection  and  safe-keeping  of  all  descriptions  of  Insurance  Poli- 
cies, Deeds,  Leases,  Contracts,  Wills,  Government  Bonds,  or  other 
valuable  papers. 

The  great  vault — a  view  of  which  is  shown  in  the  engraving — was 


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constructed  expressly  for  the  Company,  and  is  of  the  following  dimen- 
sions: Length,  35  feet;  width,  12J  feet;  height,  7J  feet.  It  is  con- 
structed of  five  alternate  plates  of  iron  and  steel,  and  contains  no  less 
than  3,870  small  safes  or  drawers,  each  one  provided  with  a  separate 
and  special  lock  and  key.  These  drawers  are  rented  at  the  following 


GEO.    XV.    NEFF   &   CO. 


rates,  the  price  varying  according  to  size:  the  maximum  rent,  $50 
per  year;  the  minimum,  $20  per  year.  A  room  is  provided  for  the 
renters  with  all  necessary  accommodations. 

The  officers  of  .the  Company  are  H.  Peachy,  President;  S.  P. 
Bishop,  Secretary. 

The  General  Insurance  Office  of  Geo.  "W.  Neff  &  Co.  is  situated 
at  No.  21  West  Third  Street.  The  Company  represents  the  following 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNA 


Companies:  Western  Assurance  Company,  Toronto,  Canada,  incor- 
porated 1851;  Asseta,  $1,500,000;  $100,000  United  States  Bonds 
deposited  with  Secretary  of  State  of  Ohio  as  security  of  policy- 
holders;  Geo.  W.  NefF,  General  Agent  Central  Department.  Buf- 
falo German  Insurance  Company,  Buffalo,  New  York,  chartered 
1867;  Capital,  $200,000;  Assets,  July  1,  1875,  $600,000,  mostly  iii- 


MURDOCK  &   HOBBS. 


vested  in  United  States  Bonds.  New  Jersey  Fire,  Marine,  and  Inland 
Insurance  Company;  Assets,  July  1, 1875,  $227,208,  invested  in  United 
States  Bonds  and  Mortgages.  They  represent  other  good  Companies. 

This  agency  was  established  in  the  year  1865.  The  members  of 
the  firm  are  Geo.  W.  Neff  (no  partner  now). 

The  General  Underwriters  Agency  of  Murdock  &  Hobbs  was 
established  in  the  year  1871.  They  are  situated  at  No.  23  West 


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Third  Street.  The  Company  represents  the  following  named  Com- 
panies: Brewers'  Fire  Insurance  Company,  of  Milwaukee;  Cash 
Assets,  $700,000.  Millville  Mutual  Marine  and  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany, Millville,  New  Jersey;  Cash  Assets,  $1,500,000.  Allemania 
Insurance  Company,  of  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania;  Cash  Assets,  $600,- 
000.  Teuton! a  Insurance  Company,  of  Dayton,  Ohio;  Cash  Assets, 
$300,000. 

The  members  of  the  firm   are  Capt.  Thomas  Murdock  and  II. 
H.  Hobbs. 

The  General  Insuranc3  Office  of  Francis  Ferry  &  Son  is  situ- 
ated at  No.  33  West 
Third  Street,  and  was 
established  in  the  year 
1870.  The  firm  devotes 
its  attention  to  Fire  and 
Marine  Insurance,  and 
now  represents  eight  of 
the  leading  Companies 
of  the  country.  In 
amount  of  business 
done  the  report  made 
to  the  County  Auditor 
for  the  year  ending  May 
1,  1875,  shows  it  to  be 
the  leading  agency  of 
the  city.  Its  net  re- 
ceipts being  $96,380.52, 
or  very  nearly  one 
hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

The  members  of  the 
firm  are  Francis  Ferry 
and  F.  S.  Ferry. 

The  Miami  Val- 
ley Fire  Insurance 
Company,  of  Cincin- 
nati, is  located  at  No. 
35  West  Third  Street.  This  Company  was  established  in  the  year 
1837.  The  following  are  the  brief  points  in  its  history:  Organized 
with  a  capital  of  $100,000,  after  having  promptly  paid  its  large  losses, 
including  $50,000  in  the  great  fire  at  Chicago,  in  1871,  and  a  regular 


FRANCIS  FERRY   &   SON. 


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semi-annual  dividend  of  5  per  cent  since  1870,  it  now  has  a  surplus  of 
$87,000.  Its  capital  is  invested  in  United  States  Bonds,  National 
Bank  Stocks,  and  purchase  money  mortgage  notes.  Its  business  is 
strictly  Fire.  The  directors  are  Seth  C.  Foster,  Loyd  L.  Brown,  Geo. 
W.  Skaatz,  Geo.  W.  Jones,  John  D.  Jones,  Aaron  A.  Colter,  Daniel 
DeCamp.  The  officers  are  Geo.  W.  Jones,  President;  Kichard  B. 
Conkling,  Secretary;  James  Dillaby,  Surveyor. 

The  office  of  the  Fidelity  Fire  Insurance  Company  is  situ- 
ated  on  the  lower  floor  of  their  own 
building  at  No.  76  West  Third  Street. 
The   Company    was  organized  in  the 
year  1872. 

The  officers  of  the  Company  are 
E.  V.  Brooktield,  President,  and  C.  E. 
Demarest,  Secretary. 

The  splendid  building  shown  upon 
the  next  page,  and  which  is  known 
as  the  Enterprise  Insurance  Com- 
pany's building,  is  one  of  the  finest 
structures  in  the  city,  and  is  situated 
on  the  north  side  of  Third  Street, 
between  Vine  and  Walnut  Streets. 

The  style  of  the  building  is  late 
Norman  Gothic,  in  height  four  stories 
and  a  basement.  The  entrance  is 
through  a  handsome  Norman  archway, 
the  moldings  of  which,  like  that  of  the 
four  windows  on  either  hand,  are  much 
admired,  and  somewhat  deeply  embra- 
sured. Above  the  archway  are  three 
windows,  in  the  second,  third,  and 
fourth  stories,  each  containing  three 
lights,  those  on  either  side  have  two.  The  interior  is  thus  admirably 
lighted  throughout,  and  even  the  basement  is  in  this  respect  superior 
to  most.  The  apartments  are  large,  commodious,  and  elegantly  fur- 
nished, admirably  adapted  to  the  business  of  insurance.  The  exterior 
is  of  cut  stone.  The  whole  building  contains  twenty-two  large 
rooms,  many  of  them  being  the  finest  for  business  offices  in  the  city. 
Each  floor  is  connected  by  hydraulic  passenger  elevators.  The  struc- 
ture was  erected  in  the  year  1868,  and  cost,  when  finished,  $163,000. 
The  Enterprise  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance  Company  occupy  rooms 


FIDELITY    FIRE  INSURANCE 
COMPANY. 


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ENTERPRISE   INSURANCE    COMPANY. 


on  the  second  floor.  This  Company  was  organized  in  1865.  From 
the  day  of  its  organization  until  to-day  its  management  has  been 
characterized  by  a  degree  of  liberality  and  skill  which  has  won  it 
friends  every-where.  The  last  annual  report  shows  the  following 
facts:  Capital  paid  up,  $300,000.00 ;  Total  amount  Assets,  January 
1,  1875,  $420,913.06;  Liabilities,  including  Re-insurance  Fund, 
$97,361.22;  Net  Assets,  $323,551.84.  The  officers  of  the  Company  are 
John  W.  Hartwell,  President ;  James  W.  M'Cord,  Secretary. 


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A.  &  J.  Trounstine's  fine  building,  at  the  south-east  corner  of 
Third  and  Vine  Streets,  is  one  of  the  finest  in  Cincinnati.  It  was 
erected  in  1864,  at  a  cost  of  $170,000,  which  does  not  include  the  price 
of  the  ground.  The  lot  is  sixty-six  feet  on  Third  and  one  hundred  on 
Vine.  The  building  is  of  freestone,  and  in  every  respect  finished  in 
the  best  possible  manner.  It  is  six  stories  in  height  and  has  hydraulic 
elevators  for  passengers  and  goods.  The  interior  rooms  are  splendidly 
lighted  and  ventilated.  The  height  of  ceilings  is  as  follows :  First 
story,  twenty  feet;  second 
story,  nineteen  feet;  third 
story,  eighteen  feet;  fourth 
story,  seventeen  feet;  fifth 
story,  sixteen  feet.  From 
these  heights  one  can  form 
an  idea  of  the  symmetrical 
style  of  the  building.  The 
staircases  are  grand  and  im- 
posing, and  every  stranger 
in  the  city  is  impressed  with 
the  beauty  of  the  building. 

The   firm    of    A.    &   J. 
Trounstine  was  established 
in  the  year  1844,  and  they 
carry  on  an   extensive   im- 
porting and  manufacturing 
business    in    Cloths,    Cassi- 
meres  of  French,   German, 
and    English    manufacture. 
They  employ  a  large  num- 
ber of  hands,  both  male  and  A.  &  j.  TKOUNSTINE  &  co. 
female,  throughout  the  whole  year,  in  their  wholesale  Ready-made 
Clothing  department,  and  their  trade  extends  almost  over  the  entire 
Western  and  South-western  States. 

Stern,  Mayer  &  Co.,  successors  to  Kuhn,  Netter  &  Co.,  and 
Kuhn,  Stern  &  Co.,  wholesale  dealers  in  Clothing  and  Woolens,  are 
situated  on  the  south-east  corner  of  Third  and  Vine  Streets.  The 
building  they  occupy  is  one  of  the  finest  structures  that  ornaments 
Third  Street,  or  that  can  be  found  in  the  city.  It  consists  of  five 
floors  and  basement.  The  house  is  replete  with  all  of  the  modern 
conveniences  for  the  rapid  transaction  of  business.  The  offices,  which 
are  very  fine,  are  on  the  main  floor.  This  firm  was  established  in  the 


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year  1845.  They  trade  principally  in  Clothing  and  Woolens.  Their 
business  extends  over  twelve  States  of  the  Union,  but  lies  principally 
in  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Missouri,  Kentucky,  West  Virginia,  Ten- 
nessee, and  Iowa. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Bernliard  Stern,  Lewis  Mayer,  Jacob 
Schener,  Theodore  Mayer,  Alexander  Offher,  Albert  Kuhn. 


STERN,    MAYER    &    CO. 


The  firm  of  J.  &  L.  Seasong-ood  &  Co.  occupy  one  of  the  finest 
buildings  in  the  city,  situated  at  the  south-west  corner  of  Third  and 
Vine  Streets.  The  house  was  established  in  the  year  1835,  under  the 
firm  of  Ileidelbach,  Seasongood  &  Co.  The  building  is  fitted  up  in 
modern  style  and  affords  fine  facilities  for  the  transaction  of  a  large 
business.  It  consists  of  seven  floors  and  basement,  connected  by  steam- 


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power  elevators.  The  busi- 
ness of  the  house  is  mainly 
confined  to  the  sale  of  Cloth- 
ing and  Woolens  of  both 
foreign  and  domestic  manu- 
facture. Their  trade,  which 
covers  an  extensive  territory, 
includes  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illi- 
nois, Kentucky,  Tennessee, 
Alabama,  Texas,  Mississippi, 
Louisiana,  Missouri,  Neb- 


J.    &    L.    SEASONGOOD   &   CO. 

raska,  Michigan,  Arkansas,  Virginia, 
Georgia,  and  Territories. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Jacob 
Seasongood,  Lewis  Seasongood,  Elias 
Ploch,  Alfred  Seasongood,  Chas.  Season- 
good. 

The  wholesale  Hat  and  Fur  house  of 
Lockwood,  Nichols  &  Tice  is  situ- 
ated at  No.  95  West  Third  Street,  oppo- 
site the  Burnet  House.  The  establish- 
ment forms  a  part  of  the  splendid 
building  at  the  south-west  corner  of 
Third  and  Vine  Streets.  This  is  the 
house  which  was  first  founded,  in  the 
year  1844,  by  the  well  known  C.  B. 
Camp  &'  Co.,  afterward  the  Camp  Hat 
and  Fur  Company,  and  Lockwood  & 
Nichols.  The  establishment  was  built 


LOCKWOOD,    NICHOLS   &   TICK. 


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for  the  business,  and  consists  of  five  large  floors  and  a  basement.  The 
present  firm  was  established  in  1870.  The  business,  which  may 
be  said  to  have  two  separate  and  distinct  seasons,  necessitates  the 
changing  of  the  interior  almost  completely  in  its  character  upon 
the  recurrence  of  Summer  and  Winter.  In  the  former  Straw, 
Felt,  Soft,  and  Silk  Hats  crowd  the  floors,  and  in  the  latter  Gents', 
Ladies',  and  Children's  Furs,  Buffalo  and  Fancy  Robes  take  their 
place  almost  exclusively.  Connected  with  the  Fur  business  there 
is  a  retail  department.  The  sales  extend  over  a  territory  which 
includes  the  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Kentucky,  and  Tennessee. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are 
F.  T.  Lockwood,  William  N. 
Nichols,  and  William  H.  Tice. 

Bohm  Brothers  &  Co.,  ex- 
tensive dealers  in  Notions,  Men's 
Ladies'  Furnishing  Goods,  Fancy 
Dry -goods,  etc.,  are  situated  in 
the  fine  building  at  the  north-east 
corner  of  Third  and  Race  Streets. 
The  firm  was  established  in  the 
year  1855.  Their  principal  trade 
lies  in  most  of  the  Western  and 
Southern  States.  They  are  manu- 
facturing most  of  their  Furnish- 
ing Goods,  and  keep  constantly  a 
large  stock  of  Hosiery,  White 
Goods,  Shawls,  Fancy  Goods,  etc., 
and  other  imported  and  domestic 
Goods  of  the  same  class.  Their 
warehouse,  which  may  be  classed 
among  the  first  in  the  city,  is 
fitted  up  with  every  modern  appliance.  The  offices,  which  are  situ- 
ated on  the  main  ground  floor,  are  comfortable  and  convenient,  and 
no  house  possesses  more  general  conveniences  for  the  transaction  of 
an  extensive  business. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Abraham  Bohm,  Joseph  Bohm,  and 
Samuel  Fleischman. 

The  firm  of  Buchman  Bros.  &  Co.  are  successors  to  Eindskopf 
Bros.  &  Co.,  and  occupy  the  splendid  building  located  at  the  south- 
east corner  of  Third  and  Race  Streets.  The  firm  h#ve  been  established 
since  1869.  They  deal  in  Dry-goods,  Furnishing  Goods,  and  Notions. 


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Dunn  &  Witt's  Eagle  Galvanized 
is  one  of  the  "attractive  buildings 
situated  at  No.  144  West  Third 
Street,  between  Kace  and  Elm 
Streets.  The  firm  are  the  pio- 
neers in  this  business,  and  the 
fine  cornices  noticeable  on  nearly 
every  eleg;ant  building  in  the 
city  have  been  made  by  them. 
The  firm  was  established  in  the 
year  1847.  Their  trade  extends 
throughout  the  whole  Western 
.and  Southern  States.  They  manu- 
facture all  descriptions  of  Orna- 
mental Galvanized  Iron  Work, 
including  Cornices,  Louvers,  Dor- 
mer Windows,  Finials,  Balustrad- 
ing,  Window  Caps,  Vanes,  etc. 
Besides,  they  make  contracts  for 
Tin,  Iron,  and  Slate  Hoofing,  and 
all  kinds  of  work  appertaining  to 


The  building  is  five 
stories  in  height,  and 
each  floor  is  connected 
by  elevators,  tubes,  and 
all  of  the  appliances 
usually  found  in  first- 
class  modern  business 
structures.  The  trans- 
actions of  the  house 
extend  over  a  large 
territory,  embracing 
most  of  the  following 
States:  Ohio,  Indiana, 
Illinois,  Kentucky, 
Missouri,  Kansas, 
Mississippi,  Alabama, 
5  Georgia,  WestVirginia. 
The  members  of  the 
firm  are  Joseph  Buch- 
man,  Alex.  Bucliman. 
Iron  Cornice  Manufactory 


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their  line  of  business.     The  firm  have  issued  a  beautifully  Illustrated 
Catalogue,  which  is  forwarded  on  application. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  William  Dunn  and  Richard  Witt. 
The  extensive  Cider,  Cider  Vinegar,  Ginger  Ale,  and  Mineral 
Water  Manufactory  of  Greorge  C.  Ware  is  situated  at  Nos.  287 
and  289  West  Third  Street.  This  is  the  most  extensive  establishment 
in  this  branch  of  business  in  the  city  or  State,  and  was  established  in 
the  year  1859.  The  works  have  a  frontage  of  forty  feet,  a  depth  of 
ninety  feet,  and  a  height  of  four  stories,  with  sub-cellars.  Eacli 

floor  of  the  building 
is  supplied  with  the 
newest  machinery  and 
appliances  for  the 
prosecution  of  a  large 
business.  And  it  is  as- 
tonishing to  what  an 
extent  this  business  lias 
grown  in  the  United 
States  during  the  past 
decade.  In  many 
households  in  the 
cities,  and  many  whole 
villages  in  the  country, 
cider  has  become  the 
only  drink,  except  tea 
and  coffee,  universally 
used.  There  are  many 
varieties  of  apples  from 
which  cider  is  made, 
many  of  those  grown 
in  the  State  of  Ohio 
being  of  fine  quality. 
The  apple,  as  is  well  known,  contains  a  certain  acid  known  to  the 
medical  profession  as  malic  acid,  and  this  is  said  to  be  the  essential 
element  of  the  value  of  apples  as  an  antidote  to  the  habit  of  in- 
ebriating. In  the  best  varieties  of  cider  this  acid  is  preserved,  and 
the  use  of  cider  has  frequently  rescued  a  man  from  ruin  with  whom 
no  other  course  of  treatment  had  been  effectual.  Ginger  Ale  is  also 
rapidly  becoming  a  favorite  beverage,  and  is  highly  recommended 
by  the  faculty.  That  maufactured  by  George  C.  Ware  &  Co.,  is 
exceptionally  good. 


sDGEO.C.WARE  CIDER  &VINEGAR  MANUFACTORY^ 


GEORGE  C.    WARE. 


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The  works  of  the  Royer  "Wheel  Company  are  situated  at 
Nos.  338  to  358  West  TJiird  Street.  They  are  very  extensive  and 
consist  of  six  buildings,  altogether  covering  an  area  of  about  fifty- 
three  thousand  square  feet.  Steam-power  and  improved  machinery 
enable  the  firm  to  turn  out  immense  quantities  of  work.  The  busi- 
ness was  established  in  1852.  The  company  manufacture  all  descrip- 
tions of  Carriage  and  Wagon-makers'  Wood  Work!  The  celebrated 
Sarven's  Patent  Wheel,  the  Stoddard,  and  all  kinds  of  Plain  or  Old- 
style  Wheels,  and  constantly  keep  on  hand  an  immense  stock  ready 
to  be  supplied  to  their  customers  at  a  moment's  notice.  The  reputa- 
tion of  this  factory  is  not  merely  local,  but  national,  and  the  work  it 
turns  out  for  the  most  elegant  carriage-wheels,  and  the  broadest  and 
most  substantial  is 


equally  good  and 
equally  well  finished, 
each,  of  course,  ac- 
cording to  the  em- 
ployment for  which 
it  is  designed.  At  the 
great  International 
Exposition  of  Vienna, 
the  Royer  Wheel  Com- 
pany made  an  impos- 
ing display  of  articles 
of  their  workman- 
ship, a  display  that- 
attracted  possibly 
more  attention  than 
any  other  in  the  United  States  department,  and  earned  for  themselves 
the  medal  of  merit,  first  premium.  The  company  employ  on  a«  aver- 
age about  two  hundred  skilled  workmen,  and  their  trade  extends 
over  all  of  the  United  States,  from  Maine  to  California  and  from 
Minnesota  to  Texas;  also  to  British  America.  They  have  also 
exported  their  wheels  to  Europe,  South  America,  and  Asia.  This, 
combined  with  the  medal  of  the  Exposition  at  Vienna,  is  an  honor  to 
which  but  very  few,  indeed,  of  all  our  American  manufactures  have 
ever  attained,  especially  in  those  articles,  the  use  of  which  is  world- 
wide, and  known  from  the  remotest  ages.  Only  our  sewing  machine  and 
some  of  our  agricultural  steam  machines  have  been  similarly  honored. 
The  officers  of  the  company  are  II.  C.  Young,  President;  George 
L.  Rouse,  Vice-President  and  Superintendent. 


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PEARL  STREET. 

Pearl  Street  is  one  square  below  Third  Street.  It  is  a  short 
street,  being  only  seven  or  eight  squares  in  length;  but  for  most  of  its 
distance  it  is  built  of  compact  business  houses  of  the  almost  uniform 
height  of  five  stories.  It  has  also  some  large  factories  on  the  west  end. 
The  business  aspect  of  Pearl  Street  indicates,  like  a  barometer,  the 
general  state  of  trade  in  the  city.  If  trade  is  brisk,  the  sidewalks  are 

piled  with  bales  ami  boxes, 
and  the  pedestrian  has  to 
take  the  roadway.  If 
trade  is  dull,  he  can  move 
along  comfortably  on  the 
sidewalk,  and  see  many 
shrewd-looking  pairs  of 
eyes  "taking  stock"  and 
speculating  as  to  the 
chances  of  his  being  a 
customer. 

The  corner  of  Vine  and 
Pearl  is  the  business  center 
of  the  street. 

The  wholesale  Dry 
Goods  House  of  Bar- 
bour,  Stedman  <fe 
Herod  is  situated  at  .the 
south-west  corner  of  Vine 
and  Pearl  Streets,  and  now 
represent  the  combination 
of  the  late  old  and  estab- 
lished firms  of  Shaw, 
Barbour  &  Co.  and  Steel- 
man,  Carlisle  &  Co.,  for 
the  past  twenty-five  years 
in  active  business  in  this  city.  The  warerooms  are  peculiarly  well 
situated  with  regard  to  the  conveniences  of  trade  and  economic  inter- 
nal arrangements.  Hydraulic  elevators  and  all  of  the  modern  appli- 
ances are  utilized  to  the  utmost. 

The  trade  of  the  house  is  for  the  most  part  confined  to  the  States 
of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Kentucky,  and  West  Virginia,  and  the 
principal  Dry  Goods  sold  include  the  following  fabrics:  Foreign  and 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


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are 


Domestic  Dry  Goods  and  Notions.     The   members  of  the  firm 
Goodrich  IT.  Barbour,  George  T-.  Stedman,  Edward  A.  Herod. 

Wm.  P.  Thorne  &  Co.'s  Boot  and  Shoe  House,  at  No.  79  West 
Pearl  Street,  was  established  in  the  year  1845.  It  is  known  throughout 
the  country  as  one  of  the  most  enterprising  of  the  many  large  and  fine 
boot  and  shoe  houses  that  Cincinnati  can  boast  of.  The  store  has  a 
frontage  of  27  feet  and  a  depth  of  125  feet.  It  is  six  stories  in  height 

including  the  basement.    The  elevator  connecting    ^ • -^ 

the  different  floors  is  hydraulic. 

Until  quite  recently,  boots  and  shoes,  both 
for  men  and  women's  wear,  were  made  entirely 
by  hand,  and  generally  by  individual  workmen, 
who  worked  independently  of  one  another,  in- 
stead of  in  "  teams,"  as  at  the  present  day. 

The  pegging-machine  was  first  invented,  and 
then  the  Elias  Howe  sewing  machine,  patented 
in  1846.  Prior  to  this  wonderful  invention 
ladies'  shoes  were  "bound,"  as  it  was  called,  by 
hand.  Its  introduction  speedily  revolutionized 
this  department  of  industry.  A  single  operator, 
with  one  of  these  machines,  can  do  the  work  of 
nearly  a  score  working  by  the  old  process  with 
needle  and  thread,  rendering  possible  the  pro- 
duction of  the  elaborately  stitched  boots  of  the 
present  day  at  moderate  cost. 

Another  machine  was  then  added  for  stitch- 
ing together  the  uppers  and  bottom.  This 
superseded  the  old  hand  method  with  awl  and 
waxed  thread.  These  and  later  inventions,  of 
all  the  best  of  which  the  best  manufacturers  of 
America  have  availed  themselves,  have  revolu- 
tionized this  branch  of  trade  and  greatly  dimin- 
ished the  cost  of  boots  and  shoes. 


WM.    F.    THORN E   &   CO. 


The  following  goods  are  generally  kept  in  stock  by  this  house: 
All  the  best  brands  of  Boots  and  Shoes  manufactured  in  the  Eastern 
market,  as  well  as  their  own  manufactured  work,  consisting  of  Ladies', 
Misses',  and  Children's  fine  Goods,  of  which  they  make  a  full  and 
complete  line,  and  are  the  leading  house  in  Rubber  Boots  and  Shoes. 

The  trade  of  the  house  embraces  a  very  extensive  territory,  which 
includes  the  States  of  West  Virginia,  Ohio,  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Illi- 
nois, Missouri,  Kansas,  Iowa,  Michigan,  Tennessee,  Georgia,  Alabama, 


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and  all  the  Southern  States.     The  members  of  the  firm  are  W.  F. 
Thome,  Jos.  Thorne,  W.  H.  Thorne,.H.  E.  Collins. 

The  wholesale  Dry  Goods  House  of  Lockard,  Ireland  <fe  Co. 
is  situated  at  Nos.  88  and  90  Pearl  Street,  and  was  established  in  the 
year  1855.  The  warerooins  are  among  the  largest  in  the  dry  goods 
business  in  the  city.  The  house  are  manufacturers  of  L.  I.  &  Co. 
Shirt  Fronts,  Gents'  White  Shirts,  Woolen  Overshirts,  Hickory,  Check^ 

and  Cheviot  Shirts,  besides  Neck- 
wear of  all  kinds;  Blue  and 
Brown  Overalls,  Blue  and  Brown 
Jumpers,  Ladies'  Underwear,  La- 
dies' Aprons,  Lace  Collars,  lluch- 
ings,  etc. 

For  very  many  years  the  West 
depended  upon  the  East  for  all 
kinds  of  manufactured  goods,  ex- 
cept those  of  the  coarsest  and 
roughest  material,  shape,  and  fin- 
ish. This  was  especially  the  case 
in  all  the  finer  articles  of  dry 
goods,  including^  of  course,  those 
sold  in  the  different  retail  furnish- 
ing stores.  This  is  all  changed 
now,  and  the  products  of  Lockard, 
Ireland  &  Co.'s  manufactory  richly 
deserve  to  be  ranked  among  the 
very  best  in  the  land.  No  other 
city  west  of  the  Alleghanies  has 
ever  excelled  or  even  rivaled  them 
in  this  branch  of  trade  and  in- 
dustry. 

The  firm  also  deals  in  the  fol- 
lowing staple  goods:  A  full  and 
complete  line  of  all  the  popular  brands  of  Staple  Dry  Goods,  both  in 
Woolen  and  Cotton  Fabrics.  Also  a  full  and  complete  stock  of 
Notions,  both  foreign  and  domestic. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are. Charles  O.  Lockard,  Thomas  S. 
Ireland,  and  D.  Peart  Erwin. 

J.  &  A.  Simpkinson  <fe  Co.'s  wholesale  Boot  and  Shoe 
House  is  situated  at  No.  89  West  Pearl  Street.  The  store  has  a 
frontage  of  33  feet  and  a  depth  of  185  feet.  It  is  five  stories  in  height. 


I.OCKARD,    IRELAND   &    CO. 


,  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


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The  firm  was  established  in  1840.  They  manufacture  every  descrip- 
tion of  Men's,  Women's,  Misses',  and  Children's  Boots  and  Shoes,  of 
all  grades,  from  the  medium  to  the  very  finest  and  best  in  quality 
and  style.  There  are  three  floors  of  the  building  devoted  to  manufac- 
turing purposes,  and  about  three  hundred  hands  employed  daily. 

The  business  of  the  firm  extends  over  the  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana, 
Illinois,  Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  and  West  Virginia,  and 
the  establishment  is  one  of 
the  busiest  and  the  most 
commodious  in  the  West. 

There  are  probably  but 
very  few  who  are  aware  of 
the  vast  extent  to  which  the 
manufacture  of  boots  and 
shoes  has  grown  in  the 
United  States.  According 
to  the  last  census  there  were 
no  less  than  23,428  factories, 
employing  135,889  hands, 
with  an  invested  capital  of 
$48,994,366,  and  turning  out 
$181,644,090  worth  of  manu- 
factured article.  To  effect 
this,  $51,000,000  were  paid 
in  wages,  and  had  it  not  been 
for  the  recent  improvements 
in  the  art  of  the  application 
of  machinery  to  slioemaking, 
such  immense  results  could 
never  have  been  accom- 
plished. The  members  of  the 
firm  are  John,  Alfred,  and 
Henry  H.  Simpkinson. 

Phipps,  O'Connell  &  Co.'s  wholesale  Boot  and  Shoe  Manufac- 
tory— Factory  aqd  Salesrooms  are  at  No.  107  West  Pearl  Street.  The 
firm  was  established  in  the  year  1847.  They  manufacture  and  sell 
the  following  goods;  namely:  Men's  Kip  and  Calf  Boots,  Women's 
and  Misses'  Ca^f,  Goat,  Morocco,  and  Lasting  Shoes. 

This  firm  is  one  of  the  oldest  boot  and  shoe  manufactories  in  the 
West,  and  the  great  success  of  the  trade  of  this  house  and  others  con- 
clusively proves  the  folly  of  relying  upon  Lynn  and  other  petty  towns 

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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


in  Massachusetts  for  the  supply  of  a  necessary  article  in  constant  use 
that  can  be  made  just  as  well  here  as  there.  The  consumers,  and  they 
are  universal,  should  quickly  learn  that  the  saving  of  freight,  of  all 
sorts  of  brokers'  commissions,  of  insurance,  and  a  variety  of  little 
details,  amounts  in  the  end  to  a  great  sum.  The  reputation  of  Cincin- 
nati as  a  great  central  mart  for  this  manufacture  is  increasing  daily. 
The  trade  of  this  house  extends  over  a  wide  territory,  including 

the  States  of  Ohio,  Ken- 
tucky, West  Virginia,  In- 
diana, Illinois,  and  Iowa. 

The  building  has  a  front- 
age of  27  feet,  and  runs  back 
180  feet.  It  is  five  stories 
in  height  above  the  base- 
ment floor.  There  are  three 
floors  devoted  to  manufuc- 
turing  purposes,  and  about 
75  operatives  are  employed. 
The  members  of  the  firm 
are  William  K.  Phipps, 
Paul.  O  Connell  George  A. 
Middleton. 

Shipley,  Hoover  <fe 
Co/s  \vholesale  Dry  Goods 
House  is  situated  at  No.  113 
Pearl  Street,  south-east  cor- 
ner of  Pearl  and  Kace 
Streets,  THie  firm  was  es- 
tablished in  the  year  1855. 
Their  trade  is  mainly  con- 
fined to  the  States  of  Ohio, 
Indiana,  Illinois,  Kentucky, 
and  West  Virginia.  They 
include  in  their  business  dealings  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fabrics 
of  such  description  as  are  adapted  to  the  trade  of  the  West ;  also  a 
full  assortment  of  Notions,  etc. 

An  experience  of  twenty  years,  during  all  which  time  the  business 
has  been  transacted  mainly  in  the  same  localities,  has  enabled  this 
firm  thoroughly  to  appreciate  and  provide  for  the  wants  of  their  sev- 
eral customers.  This  is  a  point  of  great  moment  to  the  buyer,  and  is 
frequently  the  means  of  saving  much  valuable  time  to  both  parties, 


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particularly  when  the  stock  is  so  large  and  varied  as  in  this  house, 
and  embraces  moreover  all  that  almost  infinite  variety  of  articles 
which  comes  under  the  general  name  of  Notions.  In  such  a  multi- 
plicity of  detail  as  purchases  from  such  a  stock  necessarily  involves, 
another  great  desideratum  is  light.  By  a  full  light  the  buyer  is 
enabled  to  select  readily 
the  particular  items  he 
requires,  and  thus  again 
save  what  is  of  •  primary 
importance  in  all  trade,  but 
especially  in  the  ever  vary- 
ing changes  in  a  business 
to  a  very  great  extent  de- 
pendent upon  fashion — 
time.  This  immense  ad- 
vantage the  firm  of  Shipley, 
Hoover  &  Co.  possess  in  an 
eminent  degree,  and  it  is 
one  which  has  been  appre- 
ciated in  the  past  and  will 
be  in  the  future. 

The  warehouse  having 
the  advantage  of  a  corner 
location,  secures  a  plenti- 
ful supply  of  light  and 
ventilation.  The  offices, 
which  are  in  the  rear  of 
the  main  lower  floor,  are 
comfortably,  but  not 
showily,  decorated.  Every 
modern  appliance  for  the 
rapid  transaction  of  a  large 
business  is  on  hand.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are  Murray  Shipley,  Wm.  H.  Hoover,  James  E. 
Pumphrey,  and  Adalbert  E.  Doisy. 

The  O.  B.  Evans  Mantel  and  Grate  Company's  Manufac- 
tory and  Warerooms  are  situated  on  the  north-west  corner  of  Elm 
and  Pearl  Streets,  and  was  established  in  the  year  1857.  The  estab- 
lishment has  a  frontage  of  70  feet  and  a  depth  of  85  feet,  and  is  seven 
stories,  including  the  basement,  in  height. 

The  firm  manufactures   all  descriptions  of  Slate   Mantels,  Iron 


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Mantels,  and  fine  Parlor  Grates.  In  ordinary  business  season  about 
50  skilled  workmen  are  constantly  employed.  The  trade  of  the  firm 
extends  from  Canada  to  the  Gulf,  and  from  Western  New  York  to 
California.  Have  lately  made  a  large  shipment  to  South  America. 


C.    B.    EVANS   MANTEL   AND   GRATE   COMPANY 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  C.  B.  Evans,  President ;  G.  H.  Burrows, 
Secretary ;  John  Carlisle,  Treasurer. 

The  architectural  Iron  Works  of  C.  S.  Rankin  &  Co.  are  sit- 
uated on  Pearl  Street,  near  Plum.  The  works  were  established  in  the 
year  1835.  They  consist  of  one  main  building  105  feet  front,  and 
cover  altogether  several  acres  of  ground  ard  floor  room.  The  main 
building  is  five  stories  in  height,  and  the  lighter  descriptions  of  work 
is  carried  on  in  the  upper  floors.  The  firm  employ  about  200  hands. 

They  manufacture  Iron  Stone  Fronts,  Iron  Bailing,  Iron  Jails, 


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Glass  Sidewalk  Plates,  Iron  Doors  and  Shutters,  Cistern  Tops,  Sash. 
Weights,  Hitch  Posts,  and  all  kind  of  iron  work  for  buildings. 

One  of  the  specialties  of  the  firm  is  the  manufacture  of  Marbleized 
Mantels  and  all  kinds  pf  ordinary  Grates.  They  can  furnish  a 
mantel  and  grate  complete  for*as  low  a  price  as  $16.00.  They  are 


C.    S.    RANKIN    &   CO. 

the  owners  of  the  celebrated  March  Patent  Grate.  The  business  of 
the  firm  extends  over  all  the  Southern,  South-western,  and  Western 
States.  Among  the  large  contracts  undertaken  and  finished  by  them 
was  the  great  dome  of  the  Capitol  of  Wisconsin,  at  Madison ;  Jail  at 
Dayton,  O. ;  iron  work  of  Jail  and  Court-house,  Bellefontaine,  O. ; 
iron  work  of  Public  Library,  Cincinnati ;  and  many  large  public  and 


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private  buildings  in  different  parts  of  the  country.  The  members 
of  the  firm  are  C.  S.  Rankin,  Augustus  Rankin,  and  Oliver  L. 
Rankin. 

The  extensive  manufactory  of  the  Hall  Safe  and  Lock  Com- 
pany is  situated  at  the  south-west  corner  of  Plum  and  Pearl  Streets, 
opposite  to  the  Plum-street  Kailroad  Depot.  The  factory  is  the 
largest  engaged  in  this  branch  of  manufacture  in  the  world.  It 
covers  nearly  eight  acres  of  floor  space.  The  buildings  are  divided 
into  departments,  and  each  is  supplied  with  the  most  modern  and 
powerful  machinery  for  the  transaction  of  the  most  extensive  business. 
The  house  was  established  in  the  year  1845.  Seven  hundred  skilled 
machinists,  workmen,  and  artists  are  employed.  The  establishment 
has  a  national  reputation  for  the  superior  excellence  of  its  produc- 
tions.' Branch  offices  are  situated  in  every  leading  city  of  the  United 
States.  The  firm  manufactures  all  descriptions  of  Fire  and  Burglar 
Proof  Safes  and  Vaults 
and  Bank  Locks. 

The  officers  of  the 
Company  are  Joseph  L. 
Hall,  President  and 
Treasurer ;  O.  Y.  Cone, 
Vice-President ;  J.  B. 
Marling,  Secretary. 

Macneale  &  Ur- 
ban's  extensive  Fire- 
proof Burglar  and  Bank 
Vault  Manufactory  is 
situated  on  Pearl  Street, 
between  Elm  and  Plum;  the  offices  and  warerooms,  at  the  north-west 
corner  of  Plum  and  Pearl  Streets.  The  former  has  a  frontage  of  175 
feet  and  a  depth  of  95  feet,  and  is  five  stories  high.  The  house  repre- 
sents two  of  the  oldest  safe-makers  of  the  West, — C.  Urban  and  W.  B. 
Dodds. 

The  firm  manufacture  all  descriptions  of  Fire  and  Burglar 
Proof  Safes,  Locks,  and  Vaults,  and  are  the  only  Western  manufac- 
turers who  ever  obtained  the  contract  of  the  United  States  Treasury 
for  the  supply  of  safes  and  locks  required  by  that  department. 

They  manufacture  under  their  own  patents,  which  are  amply  se- 
cured and  sufficient  for  the  production  of  the  best  class  of  work. 
There  are  about  300  skilled  workmen  constantly  employed. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Neil  Macneale,  Herman  Urban. 


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SECOND  STREET. 

THE  business  portion  of  Second  Street  is  over  a  mile  in  length, 
and  for  this  entire  distance  both  sides  of  the  street  present  an  array 
of  fine  warehouses  not  exceeded  in  beauty  of  architecture  by  any  street 
of  its  length  in  the  world.  Some  of  the  edifices  are  of  cut  stone,  and 
are  as  massive  and  costly  as  the  most  renowned  warehouses  of  New 
York  or  London.  Second  Street,  like  Pearl,  is  a  barometer  to  the 
prevailing  business  of  the  city.  If  business  is  brisk,  you  must  pick 


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your  steps  through,  an  endless  assortment  of  barrels,  boxes,  and  pack- 
ages, and  run  against  brokers  with  their  hands  full  of  tin  boxes  filled 
with  samples  of  tea  or  coffee,  and  against  clerks  with  paint-pots 
marking  goods  for  shipment;  and  in  some  parts  of  the  street  the 
pedestrian  is  compelled  to  squeeze  his  coat-tails  and  himself  through 
long,  narrow  lanes,  where  he  is  buried  to  the  tip  of  his  nose  .in  bales 
of  cotton,  while  armies  of  draymen  and  squads  of  swarthy  Africans 
roll  barrels,  bales,  and  boxes  in  seeming  endless  confusion. 

Commencing  at  the  east  end  of  the  street,  a  little  beyond  Broad- 
way, a  walk  of  ten  or  fifteen  minutes  toward  the  West  End  will  bring 
the  visitor  past  the  following  named  extensive  business  houses : 

The  establishment  of  Vanduzen  &  Tift  is  situated  at  Nos.  102 
and  104  East  Second,  and  was  ^  —  ^  fgi  el 

established  in  the  year  1837.  The 
firm  manufacture  all  descriptions 
of  Bells  for  churches,  academies, 
plantations,  court-house,  school- 
house,  tower  clocks,  chimes,  fac- 
tories, fire-alarms,  steamboats, 
etc.  They  make  also  a  specialty 
of  the  manufacture  of  Hand 
Bells  and  Signal,  or  Gong,  Bells 
for  the  trade.  The  trade  of  the 
house,  which  is  very  extensive, 
is  spread  over  all  the  States, 
from  Maine  to  California,  and 
the  Territories,  and  British 
Provinces'.  The  members  of  the 
firm  are  E.  W.  Vanduzen  and  C. 
T.  Tift. 

The  American  Burial 
Case  Company's  building  is 
one  of  the  finest  on  Second  Street. 
It  is  situated  at  Nos.  82  and  84, 
with  a  depth  of  125  feet,  and  a 
height  of  four  stories.  The  Company  manufacture  Patent  Sheet  Metal 
Self-sealing  Burial  Cases  and  Caskets;  and  the  business  is  a  very  exten- 
sive one,  this  house  alone  furnishing  Cases  and  Caskets  to  an  immense 
territory,  selling  their  goods  not  only  in  all  the  principal  States  of  the 
Union,  from  Maine  to  California,  but  shipping  largely  to  the  West 
Indies.  Theo.  Cook,  President ;  T.  Z.  Eiley,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

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The  subject  of  burials,  and  the  method  of  sepulture  in  use  by  the 
different  nations  from- the  most  ancient  times,  has  been  studied  with 
greater  ardor  than  ever  since  the  publication  of  Sir  John  Lubbock's 
celebrated  work  upon  the  origin  of  civilization.  In  it  the  learned 
antiquarian  relates  even  the  practices  of  the  Australian  aborigines, 
and  the  most  remote  South  Sea  Islanders,  and  applies  his  researches 
to  an  elucidation  of  his  theme. 

The  Cider  and  Vinegar  works  of  F.  Miller  <fe  Co.  are  situated  afc 
Nos.  62  and  64  East  Columbia  Street,  near  Broadway.  The  establish- 
ment has  a  frontage  of  40  feet,  a  depth  of  100  feet,  and  a  height, 
including  the  basement,  of  five  stories.  The  business  was  established 

in  the  year  1853. 
The  establishment 
is  replete  with  all 
of  the  modern 
machinery  and 
appliances  for  the 
rectifying  and 
preparation  of  the 
best  qualities  of 
Cider  and  Vinegar. 
The  firm  also  deals 
in  the  best  qualities 
only  of  fine  Wines 
and  Liquors.  The 
trade  of  the  house 
extends  over  the 
States  of  Ohio,  In- 
diana, Illinois,  Kentucky,  West  Virginia,  Tennessee,  Georgia,  Ala- 
bama, Louisiana,  Texas,  and  Arkansas,  The  members  of  the  firm 
are  F.  Miller  and  G.  A.  Mallorz. 

Vinegar  bears  a  certain  chemical  relation  to  beer  and  spirits. 
When  grain  and  other  vegetable  substances  have  been  fermented, 
sugar  is  converted  into  a  kind  of  beer;  when  further  fermented,  it 
more  resembles  spirit;  and  a  further  process  yields  an  acid,  or  sour, 
product,  which  is;  in  fact,  vinegar.  After  the  vinegar  is  made,  it  is 
drawn  off  into  a  store-vat,  where  it  is  allowed  to  flow  repeatedly 
through  a  mass  of  raisin-stalks  and  skins,  or  some  other  filtering  me- 
dium. This  produces  a  clarifying,  or  clearing,  effect;  and  as  every 
thing  containing  sugar  may  be  made  to  yield  alcohol,  so  every  thing 
yielding  alcohol  will  produce  vinegar. 


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The  Oil  Warehouse  of  Cochran  <fe  Fearing  is  situated  at  No. 
9  West  Second  Street.  The  business  was  established  in  1865.  The 
firm  manufacture  and  deal  in  Oils,  Turpentine,  and  Benzine. 

This  is  a  general  Oil  house,  where  one  may  find  in  stock  every  Oil 
known  to  the  trade.  They  are  manufacturers  of  the  following  "Red 
Anchor"  brands  of  Oil:  Sperm  Machinery,  Golden  Engine,  Light 
Engine,  Dark  Engine,  Extra  Engine, 
Signal  Oils,  Wool  Oils,  Axle  Grease.  They 
are  agents  for  the  sale  of  Cotton-seed  Oil, 
the  "Red  Anchor"  brands  of  Head-light 
Oil,  Carbon  Oil,  Mineral  Sperm,  300°  Fire 
Test;  the  well-known  brands  of  M.  &  T. 
Natural  West  Virginia  Lubricating  Oil, 
Alaska  Natural  Lubricating  Oil,  Whale 
Oil,  Labrador  Cod  Oil,  Straits  and  Bank 
Oils,  Linseed  Oil,  Neatsfoot  Oil,  Miners' 
Lamp  Oil,  and  Paraffine  Oils.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  firm  are  T.  J.  Cochran  and  B. 
D.  Fearing. 

One  classification  of  oils  is  into  fat  and 
essential,  the  former  having  a  greasy  con- 
sistency, the  latter  going  off  readily  into 
vapor.  They  are  found  in  the  animal, 
vegetable,  and  mineral  kingdoms,  and 
vary  from  the  consistency  of  a  thin  liquid 
to  that  of  a  solid  as  dense  as  lard.  Most 
of  the  animal  oils  are  obtained  from  cellu- 
lar membrane,  the  vegetable  from  seeds, 
the  mineral  from  some  kind  of  shale. 
Some  are  dry  oils,  soon  drying  in  the  open 
air  to  a  kind  of  resinous  varnish,  whereas 
greasy  oils  show  but  little  tendency  to 
assume  this  appearance. 

The  finer  classes  of  oils  have  been  used 

for  religious  and   royal   ceremonies  from          COCHRAN  &  FEARING. 
the  most  remote  antiquity;  nowadays,  oils,  in  some  form  or  other, 
enter  into  the  machinery  of  e very-day  life. 

The  St.  Bernard  Starch  Works  are  situated  at  St.  Bernard, 
within  three  miles  of  the  city.  They  cover  nearly  two  acres  of  ground. 
They  were  established  by  Andrew  Erkenbrecher  in  the  year  1848. 
The  production  amounts  to  about  5,000  tons  of  starch  a  year.  The 


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different  brands  are  known  as  "St.  Bernard  Pure,"  "Cornena," 
"Wheaten,"  "Refined  Pearl/'  "Gloss  Sateena,"  and  "Pulverized 
Corn."  This  Starch  received  the  highest  premiums  (two  Medals  of 
Progress)  at  Vienna,  against  the  competition  of  the  world,  and  also  a 


A.    ERKENBRECHEK. 


Gold  Medal  at  the  International  Exposition  at  Bremen  in  1874.  The 
offices  and  warerooms  in  this  city  are  located  at  No.  12  West 
Second  Street.  The  business  of  the  house  extends  over  all  the 


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States  of  North  and  South  America,  and  over  every  country  of 
Europe. 

The  establishment  of  James  H.  Laws  &  Co.  comprises  16  and 
18  West  Second  Street,  extending  back  200  feet,  and  is  connected  by 
an  iron  bridge  across  Demreth  Alley  with  23  West  Pearl  Street, 
making  one  of  the  largest  establishments  in  the  city.  The  Second 
Street  stores  are  so  arranged  that  they  conduct  the  wholesale  Grocery 
business  in  one,  and  the  wholesale  Boot  and  Shoe  business  in  the 
other,  while  the  Pearl  Street  store  is  devoted  to  the  wholesale  Dry 
Goods  business.  This  house  was 
the  first  in  this  country  to  suc- 
cessfully merge  the  auction  — =3S 
business  and  regular  commis-  ^ 
sion  business  under  one 
management,  and  combine  the 
advantages  of  private  sales  and 
auction  sales  at  the  same  time. 
While  each  department  has  ex- 
perienced and  competent  help, 
the  whole  forms  %but  one  estab- 
lishment, having  the  same 
management,  one  cashier,  and 
one  set  of  books.  The  Grocery 
department  was  established  in 
1851,  the  Boot  and  Shoe  in 
1858,  the  Dry  Goods  in  1864, 
by  one  of  the  present  proprie- 
tors, and  has  been  the  only 
uniformly  successful  house  in 
their  line  in  the  city.  A  special 
feature  is  the  regular  Auction  .  JAMES  H-  LAWS  &  co- 

Sales  in  each  department  during  the  week,  except  Monday  and  Satur- 
day. Buyers  attend  these  sales  regularly,  not  only  from  the  city,  but 
from  the  surrounding  States.  The  merchandise  being  on  commission 
from  manufacturers  and  first  hands  makes  special  inducements  for 
buyers.  Every  merchant  visiting  the  city  should  not  fail  to  give  this 
firm  a  call,  and  they  will  be  cheerfully  waited  upon. 

The  extensive  Soap  and  Candle  Manufactory  of  Procter  & 
G-amble  is  situated  at  736  to  762  Central  Avenue,  and  consists  of 
sixteen  buildings,  covering  altogether  an  area  of  about  67,000  square 
feet,  and  containing  all  of  the  modern  appliances  for  the  prosecution 


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of  the  business  on  the  most  extensive  scale.  The  general  offices  and 
warerooms  are  situated  at  Nos.  20  and  22.  West  Second  Street,  and 
have  a  frontage  of  GO  feet,. a  depth  of  120  feet,  and  are  five  stories  in 
height.  The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1837.  The  following 


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named  articles  are  the  principal  goods  manufactured:  Soaps — Laun- 
dry and  Pressed  Cakes;  Candles — Star,  Adamantine,  Stearic  Acid,  Car, 
and  Tallow;  Oils — Lard,  Elaine,  Ked,  and  Tallow;  and  Kefined 
Family  Lard. 

The  firm  is  widely  known  throughout  the  United  States,  and  their 


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trade  extends  over  all  the  States  and  Territories.  In  the  factory  and 
warehou.se  there  are  about  267  hands  constantly  employed.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are  William  Procter,  James  Gamble,  William  A. 
Procter,  James  N.  Gamble,  and  George  H.  Procter. 

The  Stove  Manufactory  of  Pomeroy,  Peckover  &  Co.  was 
established  in  the  year  1858,  and  is  situated  at  Newport,  Kentucky. 
vThe  offices  and  warerooms  are  at  No.  47  West  Second  Street.  Tho 
firm  manufacture  all  descriptions  of  Coal  and  Wood  Stoves.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  names  of  some  of  their 
leading  patterns:  "Alligator,"  coal, 
cook,  constructed  with  single  flue; 
"Alaska,"  wood,  cook,  constructed  with 
single  flue;  "Occidental,"  new,  wood, 
cook;  "Dubuque,"  self- feeding,  base- 
heating,  soft  coal  stove;  "Radiant 
Light,"  self-feeding,  hard  coal  or  coke, 
heating  stove;  "Bonanza,"  plain  cannon, 
heating  stove. 

The  business  of  the  firm  extends  over 
a  territory  embracing  the  States  of  Ohio, 
Indiana,  Illinois,  Mississippi,  Georgia, 
Alabama,  Missouri,  West  Virginia,  Ken- 
tucky, Michigan,  Wisconsin,  Iowa,  Kan- 
sas, Arkansas,  and  Texas.  The  members 
of  the  house  are  J.  A.  Ponieroy,  Joseph 
Peckover,  and  Henry  Moore. 

The  house  of  J.  T.  Warren  &  Co., 
importers  and  jobbers  of  Foreign  Fruits 
and  Fancy  Groceries,  at  64  and  66  West 
Second  Street,  north-east  corner  of  Vine 
Street,  was  established  in  the  year  1842. 
The  building,  which  is  one  of  the  finest        POMEROY,  PECKOVER  &  co. 
in*  the  business  quarter,  has  a  frontage  of  60  feet  on  Second  Street  and 
a  depth  of  150  feet  on  Vine  Street.     The  shipping  offices  are  on  the 
main  floor.     The  counting-room  and  private  offices,  which  are  beauti- 
fully furnished,  are  in  the  front  portion  of  the  second  floor. 

This  firm  imports  most  of  their  own  goods  from  Europe,  and  the 
great  facilities  of  their  warehouses  enable  them  to  keep  an  immense 
stock  on  hand.  The  enumeration  of  any  portion  of  the  goods  they 
sell  would  convey  no  idea  of  the  immense  number  of  articles  contained 
in  their  catalogue. 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


They  are  sole  agents  for  many  of  the  largest  manufacturers  in 
their  line  of  goods  in  this  country,  and  general  agents  for  most  of  the 
standard  articles  and  preparations  connected  with  the  fine  grocery 

business  in 
the  United 
States.  Their 
transactions 
cover  the 
whole  South- 
ern, South- 
western, and 
the  Western 
States  and 
Territories. 

The  mem- 
bers of  the 
firm  are  J. 
T.  Warren, 
Robert  L. 
Smith,  and  S. 
B.  Warren. 

Gould, 
Pear ce  & 
Co.,  Cotton 
Manufactur- 
ers, w  li  o  s  e 
principal 
works  arc 
situated  at 
j.  T.  WARREN  &  co.  the  corner  of 

Eggleston  Avenue  and  Fifth  Street,  have  also  a  large  factory  at  the 
corner  of  Third  and  Culvert  Streets.  The  warehouse  is  situated  at 
No.  84  West  Second  Street.  The  firm  was  established  in  the  year 
1847.  Their  principal  manufactures  are  Cotton  Yarns,  white  and 
colored  Carpet  Warp,  Coverlet  Yarn,  Trot  Lines,  Staging  and  Seine 
Twines,  Cotton  Cord  on  .reels  of  all  sizes,  Batting  of  different  quali- 
ties, Star  and  Chandlers'  Wicking,  small  ball  Wicking,  and  white  and 
mixed  Knitting  Yarn.  There  are  10,000  spindles  in  operation,  and 
200  hands  are  steadily  employed. 

The  warehouse  on  Second  Street,  built  in  1866,  with  steam  eleva- 
tors and  heating  apparatus,  is  one  of  the  finest  buildings  in  the  city, 


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and  is  visited  by  strangers, 
it  being  looked  upon  as  a 
model  of  beauty  and  per- 
fection. About  3,000  bales 
of  cotton  can  be  stored  in 
the  building,  which  is  con- 
sidered about  as  near  fire- 
proof as  a  building  can  be 
rendered. 

In  the  warehouse,  where 
every  thing  appertaining  to 
the  business  is  conducted 
on  model  principles,  there 
is  a  steam  boiler  used  for 
hauling  up  cotton  by  the 
two  elevators,  and  this 
boiler  and  engine  are  well 
worth  examination.  There 
is  nothing  so  compact  or  so 
inexpensive,  and  at  the 
same  time  so  powerful,  of 
its  size,  perhaps,  in  the 
United  States.  Its  was  in- 
vented by  Mr.  Gould,  the 
cenior  member  of  the  firm. 

The    members    of    the  GOULD,  PEARCE 

firm  are  C.  H.  Gould,  Henry  Pearce,  and  the  heirs  of 


CO. 

James  Pearce. 


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The  Starcli  Man- 
ufactory  of   Geo. 
Fox  is  situated  at 
Lockland,  O.,  and 
the   grounds,    out- 
buildings,   and 
works  cover  nearly 
seven    acres   of 
ground.    The  busi- 
n  ess  was  es't  ab- 
lishcd  in  the  year 
1824,  and  from 
very   small  begin- 
nings grew  to  their 
present    mammoth 
dimensions.      The 
capacity  of   the 
works  is  equal   to 
the   production  of 
6,500    tons   of 
starch  a  year, 
cons  u  m  i  n  g 
over    600,000 
bushels  of  corn.     The 
trade  of  the  house  ex- 
tends over  all  the  States 
in    the  .Union,    and 
quite    a   large  export 
trade  has  of  late  been 
done  to  South  America 
and  Europe.    The  city 
warerooms  and  offices 
are  situated  at  No.  87 
AVest  Second  Street. 

The  members  of  the 
firm  are  George  Fox,  George  Wachen- 
dorf,  and  Frank  Schuler. 

The  Pioneer  Spice  and  Mustard 
Mills  of  Parker,  Harrison  &  Co. 
are  situated  at  No.  90  West  Second 
Street,  and  were  established  in  1843. 


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The  •building,  which  is  ranked  among  the  finest  on  this  great  business 
street,  has  a  frontage  of  25  feet,  a  depth  of  100  feet,  and  is,  including 
the  basement,  six  _-.-.  .-^=-  ^  _^==._....=== .  .__.  _.  --  — =_. 
stories  high.  Tlie 
c  o  m  p  a  n  y  deal 
in  a  very  ex ten- 
si  YT  e  assortment 
of  goods,  among 
which  the  fol- 
lowing are  the 
principal  a  r  t  i- 
cles:  Whole  and 
ground  Spices, 
and  M  u  s  t  a  r  d, 
Coffee,  Tea,  Pio- 
neer  Baking 
Powder,  Pepper 
Sauce,  Catchup, 
Gem  Blueing, 
etc.  They  also 
deal  largely  in 
the  Bousfield  & 
Poole  Manufac- 
turing Comp'y's 
Matches  and 
Wash-boards, 
and  are  the  sole 
agents  for  this 
city  and  vicinity 
for  Enoch  Mor- 
gan's Sons'  fa- 
mous Sapolios, 
for  household 
use  and  for  the 
toilet. 

Being  equip- 
ped with  a  full 
outfit  of  machin- 
ery, including 
the  latest  im- 
provements, riONEER  SPICE  MILLS. 


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this  house  offers  unsurpassed  inducements  to  the  trade,  not  only  in 
prices,  but  in  that  which,  in  this  business,  is  of  greater  importance: 
the  quality  of  goods  offered  for  sale.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  not 

confined  to  the  city  or  State,  but 
covers  an  extensive  territory  in  the 
Southern  and  Western  States. 

D.  Foerster's  Cracker  Manufac- 
tory is  situated  at  No.  94  West  Second 
Street,  and  is  the  most  extensive 
establishment  engaged  in  this  busi- 
ness in  the  city  or  State.  The  building 
has  a  frontage  of  22 J  feet,  a  depth  of 
100  feet,  and  is,  including  the  base- 
ment, six  stories  in  height.  The 
house  was  established  in  1855. 

The  manufactory  contains  all  of 
the  newest  and  most  modern  machin- 
ery devised,  in  every  department  of 
this  line  of  manufacture.  Among  the 
leading  articles  made  are  the  follow- 
ing, namely:  Crackers — Lemon,  Bos- 
ton, Cream,  Scolloped  Butter,  Tea,  A 
Butter,  C  Butter,  XXX  Butter,  Keno- 
sha,  Pearl  Oyster,  Farina  Oyster,  Pic- 
nic Oyster ;  Biscuits — Ginger,  Orange, 
Boston,  Milk,  Graham,  Soda;  Crack- 
nells,  fancy,  plain,  London  fancy,  Corn 
Hill,  Nic-nac  Crackers,  Imperial,  Im- 
perial Ornamented,  Lady  Fingers, 
Lad/  Fingers  Ornamented ;  Jumbles — 
Arrow  Eoot,  Butter,  Cream,  Orange, 
Spice;  Lemon  Snaps,  Ginger  Snaps, 
Ginger  Nuts,  Strawberry  Drops,  Fancy 
Assorted  Cakes,  Ginger  Cakes,  Cracker 
Meal ;  Sugar,  plain  and  fancy. 

The  goods  of  Foerster's  manufac- 
ture are   recognized    as  possessing 
D.  FOERSTER.  standard  excellence.    The  trade  of  the 

house  extends  over  a  wide  territory,  embracing  New  York,  Maryland, 
Pennsylvania,  Ohio,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Virginia, 
Mississippi,  Michigan,  North  Carolina,  Tennessee,  and  Missouri. 


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261 


The  Furniture  Manufactory  of  H.  B.  Mudge  is  situated  at  Nos. 
91,  93,  95,  97,  and  99  West  Second  Street.  It  has  a  frontage  of  100 
feet,  a  depth  of  200  feet,  and  is  six  stories  high.  The  business  was 
established  in  the  year  1837.  This  house  manufactures  all  descrip- 
tions of  fine,  medium,  and  common  Furniture,  including  Bedsteads, 
Bureaus,  Wash-stands,  Wardrobes,  Tables,  Chamber  Suites,  etc.  A 


H.    B.    MUDGE. 


specialty  is  made  of  "  knock-down  "  Furniture,  for  shipment  to  Cali- 
fornia, Texass  and  other  remote  markets.  Furniture  made  "  knock- 
down" occupies  but  about  one-half  the  compass  of  ordinary  -"set-up" 
goods,  and  is  transported  at  one-half  the  freight  charges  on  Furniture 
as  ordinarily  made. 

The  trade  of  the  house  extends  over  all  the  States,  excepting  those 
of  New  England. 


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The  old  established  manufactory  of  George  D.  Winchell  is 
situated  at  112  and  114  West  Second,  north-west  corner  of  Kace 
Street,  and  was  established  in  the  year  1843.  The  firm  manufacture 
all  descriptions  of  Japanned,  Stamped  and  PJain  Tin,  Zinc,  and  Sheet 
Iron  Wares.  In  the  line  of  Water  Coolers,  Water  Filters,  Chamber 
Sets,  and  that  class  of  goods,  WinchelPs  productions  are  acknowledged 


GEORGE   D.    WINCHELL.       ' 

as  among  the  best  in  this  country.  Wine-hell's  Patent  Oil  Tank  is 
one  of  the  specials  manufactured  in  this  establishment.  This  appa- 
ratus  is  intended  for  the  keeping  of  oils  in  a  safe  and  clean  manner; 
and  is  so  complete,  and  entirely  appreciated  by  the  trade,  that  thou- 
sands of  them  are  turned  out  monthly  from  the  manufactory.  The 
business  of  the  house  extends  from  Boston  to  San  Francisco. 

E.  J.  "Wilson  <&  Co.'s  Mustard,  Spice,  and  Coffee  Mills  are 


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263 


situated  at  Nos.  116  and  118  West  Second  Street,  and  were  established 
in  the  year  1843.  The  buildings  have  a  frontage  of  40  feet,  and  a 
depth  of  100  feet,  and  are  supplied  with  the  newest  machinery  and 


E.    J.    WILSON    &    CO. 


appliances  in  every  department.  The  company  manufacture  Ground 
Spices,  Mustards,  Cream  Tartar,  Baking  Powder,  Indigo  Blue,  etc., 
put  up  in  all  shapes  and  sizes,  They  also  do  a  large  jobbing  business 
in  Whole  Spices  and  Roasted  Coffee,  in  one  pound  packages.  The 


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business  of  the  house  covers  an  extensive  territory,  embracing  the 
whole  Middle,  Southern,  and  Western  States  and  Territories.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are  B.  E.  Wilson,  Charles  E.  Wilson,  and  B.  C. 
Wilson. 

The  Star  Lager  Beer  Bottling  Company's  building  is 
situated  at  Nos.  120  and  122  West  Second  Street,  and  is  one  of  the 

finest  structures  on  the 
street.  It  has  a  frontage 
of  40  feet,  a  depth  of  100 
feet,  and  is,  including  the 
basement,  five  stories  in 
height.  The  business  of 
the  Company  was  estab- 
lished in  1874. 

The  establishment  is  the 
most  complete  of  its  kind 
in  the  West,  and  is  pro- 
vided with  every  facility 
for  the  rapid  transaction  of 
a  large  business.  The  firm 
make  a  specialty  of  bottling 
the  pure  and  genuine  Lager 
Beer.  The  bottles  are  of 
two  sizes,  quarts  and  pints, 
and  of  clear  glass.  The 
corks  are  fastened  with 
wire,  and  covered  with  tin 
foil,  and  the  body  of  the 
bottle  has  the  trade-mark 
label,  of  beautiful  design. 
Shipments  in  bulk  are 
made  to  all  and  every  part 
of  the  Union,  the  West 
Indies,  and  South  America. 
From  forty  to  fifty  hands 
are  employed  in  this  estab- 
lishment. Samuel  Thorner  is  the  sole  proprietor  and  manager  of  the 
Company. 

The  firm  of  Caldwell  <fe  Co.,  130  Wrest  Second  Street,  was  estab- 
lished over  eighteen  years  ago.  They  manufacture  as  a  specialty  the 
Outcalt  Elastic  Joint  Iron  Roofing,  which  has  been  thorougly  tested 


STAR    LAGER    BEER    BOTTLING   COMPANY. 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  265 


during  that  length  of  time,  and  has  proved  entirely  fire  and  water- 
proof. The  ease  and  simplicity  of  its  construction  has  induced  a 
demand  from  all  parts  of  the  country,  and  they  are  shipping  it  to  all 
points;  and  it  is  now  used  for  many  of  the  largest  manufactories, 
railroad  stations,  engine-houses,  bridges,  school-houses,  etc.,  as  well  as 
for  dwellings,  its  beauty  of  appearance  commending  it;  besides  its 
practical  qualities  of  durability,  provision  for  the  expansion  and  con- 
traction of  the  iron,  and  being  fire  as  well  as  water  proof,  it  is  equally 
adapted  for  old  or  new  buildings.  It  is  not  affected  or  torn  off  by 
winds,  and  is,  moreover,  a  lightning-proof  roof. 

The  difficulty  heretofore  experienced  from  the  contraction  and 
expansion  of  all  metal  roofs,  under  the  influence  of  cold  and  heat, 
causing  seams  to  crack,  and  rendering  them  ever  in  a  leaky  condi- 
tion— a  constant  annoyance  to  the  owner,  and  a  continual  bill  of 
expense  in  repairing — lias  been  effectually  provided  for  by  the  inven- 
tion of  the  Outcalt  Elastic  Joint  Iron  Roofing,  as  will  be  apparent  to 
every  practical  mind  on  examination. 

The  superiority  of  this  roofing  may  be  summed  up  as  follows  :  1 .  It 
is  perfectly  fire  and  water  proof.  2.  It  fully  provides  for  contraction 
and  expansion  of  the  metal.  3.  It  is  equally  adapted  to  new  or  old 
buildings;  can  be  applied  as  flat  as  one  inch  to  the  foot,  or  as  steep  as 
required,  on  ordinary  sheathing  boards,  lath,  or  rafters.  4.  It  is  not 
affected  or  torn  off  by  high  winds,  or  liable  to  be  struck  by  lightning. 
5.  It  can  be  applied  as  temporary  roof,  and  readily  taken  off  and  ap- 
plied to  another  building,  without  injury  to  the  sheets.  6.  The  mode 
of  application  is  very  simple,  so  that  any  workman  with  ordinary 
mechanical  skill  can  apply  it.  7.  In  artistic  beauty  it  is  not  surpassed 
by  any  other  roof,  which  makes  it  a  desirable  roof  for  private  resi- 
dences, as  well  as  for  public  buildings.  8.  It  has  no  nails,  screws,  or 
rivets  through  the  roofing  sheets,  therefore,  not  liable  to  become  loose, 
and  leak,  in  a  few  years.  9.  The  water  from  this  roof  is  pure,  clear, 
and  sweet,  suitable  drink  for  man  or  beast.  10.  It  has  been  subjected 
not  only  to  the  most  severe  artificial  tests,  but  to  the  true  test — some 
having  been  in  use  over  seventeen  years,  in  different  parts  of  the  Uni- 
ted States,  and  has  proved  itself  an  invaluable  fire,  water,  wind,  and 
lightning-proof  roof. 

The  establishment  of  Post  &  Co.  is  situated  at  Xos.  186  and  188 
West  Second  Street,  corner  of  Plum,  and  was  established  in  1854. 
The.building  has  a  frontage  of  60  feet  on  Second  Street,  and  a  depth 
of  120  feet  on  Plum,  and  is,  including  the  basement,  six  stories  in 
height.  Every  floor  of  this  immense  establishment  is  crowded  with 

22 


26G 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


light  or  heavy  machinery  and  the  hundred  and  one  articles  connected 
Avith  their  large  trade.  Their  principal  business  is  in  Railway  and 
Machinists'  Supplies, -Metals,  Steam  Gauges,  Locomotive  Head-lights, 
Conductors'  Punches,  and  Cut-glass  for  railroad  cars,  dwellings, 
churches,  etc.;  but  they  are  also  the  agents  for  the  following  great 
manufacturers:  Pratt  &  Whitney  Co.,  P.  Blaisdell  &  Co.,  Lucius  W. 
Pond,  David  W.  Pond,  Lathe  &  Morse  Tool  Co.,  A.  F.  Prentice  &  Co., 
Smith  £  Garvin,  Am.  Tool  and  Machine  Co.,  Jones,  Lam  son  &  Co.,  II. 
B.  Brown  &  Co.,  Machinists' Tools ;  J.  H.  Sternbergh,  Nuts  and  Bolts; 
Wheeler,  Clemson  &  Co.,  Eagle  Files;  Baxter. Steam  Engines;  Babcox 

&  Wilcox,  Steam 
Engines :  Union 
Stone  Co.'s  Emery 
Wheels;  Krupp's 
Locomotive  Tire; 
Thomas  Prosser  & 
Son;  J.  A.  Roeb- 
ling's  Sons'  Wire 
Rope ;  Knowles's 
S  t  e  a  in  P  u  m  p  s ; 
Hussey,  Wells  & 
Co.,  Steel;  Trede- 
gar  Co.,  Spikes, 
etc.;  J.  B.  Hoyt  & 
Co.,  Leather  Belt- 
ing; P.  &  F.  M. 
Roobs,  Patent 
Blowers  and 
Forges;  Gutta 
Perch  a  Rubber 
Manufact'ing  Co., 
Hose  and  Belting ;  Rochester  Machine  Screw  Co.;  II.  Burden  &  Sons, 
Boiler  Rivets.  *The  firm  is  incorporated.  Its  officers  are :  Joseph  Kin- 
sey,  President,  and  Alex.  Graydon,  Secretary. 

The  manufactory  of  James  Bradford  &  Co.  is  situated  at  No. 
70  Elm  Street,  corner  of  Second  Street;  the  offices  and  warehouse  at 
X".  ~>7  Walnut  Street.  The  house  was  established  in  the  year  1837. 
The  company  manufacture  French  Burr  Mill  Stones,  Portable  Flour 
and  Corn  Mills,  both  top  and  under  runners;  Bolting-  Chests,  Reels, 
Conveyers,  Corn  Shelters,  Smut  Machines,  and  all  Mill  Furnishing 
articles.  They -arc  also  importers  of  the  genuine  Dutch  Anchor  brand 


POST   &    CO. 


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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


H.    CLOSTERMAN  S   WAREHOUSE. 


Bolting  Cloths.  The  articles  of  this  firm's  manufacture  have  gained 
a  wide-spread  reputation  for  superiority  and  excellence  of  finish.  In 
ordinary  business  seasons  about  forty  skilled  hands  are  employed. 

The  members  of  the  firm 
are  James  Bradford  and 
Jacob  K.  Stuart. 

H.  Closterman's  ex- 
tensive Chair  Manufac- 
tories are  situated  at  219, 
221,  and  223  West  Second 
Street.  T  h  e  warerooms 
are  84  feet  front,  100  feet 
deep,  and  five  stories  in 
height.  The  factory  is  90 
feet  front,  100  feet  deep, 
and  six  stories  in  height. 
The  firm  ordinarily  em- 
ploy about  325  workmen. 
They  manufacture  Wood- 
seat  Chairs,  Cane-seat  Chairs,  Split-seat  Chairs,  Children's  Chairs, 
Office  Chairs,  Library  Chairs,  Sewing  Chairs,  Kocking  Chairs,  Wood- 
top  Tables,  Marble-top  Tables,  Stools,  Hat  Trees,  Parlor  Furniture, 
etc.  The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1843.  The  trade  of 
H.  Closterman  extends  over  the  United  States. 

For  wealthy  people  in  large  cities  a  great  deal  of  costly  foreign 
furniture  is  still  imported,  and  foreign  styles  are  adopted  by  many  of 
our  manufacturers;  but  in 
certain  specialties,  such  as 
office  and  school  furniture, 
and  in  Chair-making,  the 
American  cabinet-makers 
surpass  all  others.  Chairs, 
made  from  maple,  beech, 
and  other  native  woods, 
with  India  rattan  split  and 
woven  seats,  are  made  by 
thousands  of  dozens  in  sev- 
eral large  manufactories, 
and  are  distributed,  not  H-  CLOSTERMAN'S  CHAIR  FACTORY. 

only  throughout  the  United  States,  but  by  exportation  to  all  parts  of 
Canada.  South  America,  and  Europe. 


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269 


FRONT  STREET. 

FRONT  STREET  is  a  mercantile  and  manufacturing  street.  Many 
of  the  very  largest  Manufactories  in  the  city  are  situated  both  on  its 
east  and  west  ends.  The  corner  of  Walnut  is  about  the  mercantile 
center  of  Front  Street. 

The  Boiler  Yards  and  Works  of  M'llvain  &  Spiegel  are  situ- 
ated at  the  south-west  corner  of  Lawrence  and  Second  Streets,  and 
were  established  in  the  year  1 855.  The  yards,  work-shops,  forges,  offices, 
etc.,  cover  an  area  of  about  20,000  square  feet,  and  in  ordinary  business 
there  are  about  forty  hands  constantly  employed.  The  firm  manu- 
facture Locomotive,  Fire  Box,  Tubular,  and  all  styles  of  Boilers, 


M  ILVAIN    &   SPIEGEL. 


Tanks,  Kettles,  Air  Vessels,  etc.  In  addition,  have  a  large  repairing 
trade  (city  and  country),  which  is  promptly  attended  to.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  firm  are  Thomas  M'llvain,  William  Spiegel. 

The  Fire  and  Burglar  Proof  Safe  manufactory  of  Mosler,  Bah- 
man  &  Co.  is  situated  at  the  south-wTest  corner  of  Front  and  Elm 
Streets,  and  Nos.  168,  170,  172,  and  174  Water  Street,  and  covers 
nearly  two  acres  of  ground.  The  business  was  established  in  the  year 
18G6.  The  shops  of  the  various  departments  are  furnished  with  the 
most  improved  and  costly  machinery  of  every  description  needed  for 
the  prosecution  of  an  extensive  business.  In  ordinary  busy  seasons 
about  four  hundred  skilled  workmen  are  employed.  The  firm  manu- 
facture all  descriptions  of  Fire  and  Burglar  Proof  Safes,  Bank  Vaults, 


270  KENNY'S- ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


MOSLER,    BAHMAN   &   CO. 

Locks,  etc.    The  members  of  the  firm  are  M.  Hosier,  F.  Bahman, 
J.  V.  Maescher,  H.  Moeser,  and  F.  Naeher. 

The   Miami   To- 
bacco Warerooms  of 
Wayne  &Ratter- 
mann  is  one  of  the 
finest  in  the  city,  and 
is  situated    at    Nos. 
122,  124,  126,  Front 
Street,  between  Kace 
and   Elm    Streets. 
The  business  was  es-  | 
tablished    in    1860. 
The  warehouse  has  a 
frontage  of   75    feet 
and  a  depth  of  205  I 
feet.     It  affords   ac- 
c  o  m  m  o  d  a  t  i  o  n  for 
2,500    hogsheads    of! 
tobacco.   Each  hogs- 1 
head    containing  an 
average  of  about  j 
1,200  pounds.     The 

firm    are    known    as  WAYNE  &  RATTERMANN. 


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271 


auction  warehousemen,  and  their  business  consists  of  the  daily  sell- 
ing of  Leaf  Tobacco  in  original  packages,   either   at  auction  or  at 
private  sale,  of  all  tobaccos  raised  in  this  country  and  Cuba.     The ' 
members  of  the  firm  are  James  S.  Wayne  and  J.  H.  Hatter  man'n. 


WILLIAM  KESOR 


The  Stove  Manufacturing  establishment  of  "William  Resor 
&;  Co.  is  situated  at  corner  Smith  and  Front  Streets,  and  is  one  of 
the  most  extensive  in  the  Western  States.  The  offices  and  warerooms 
are  situated  in  Eesor's  beautiful  building,  corner  of  Race  and  Front 


272  *  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 

Streets  (see  engraving).  The  house  was  established  in  the  year  1819. 
They  manufacture  all  descriptions  of  Coal  and  Wood  Stoves.  In  the 
manufactory  about  250  hands  are  constantly  employed.  The  great 
variety  of  articles  made  in  this  line  of  manufacture  precludes  the 
possibility  of  an  enumeration  here,  but  among  the  most  widely  known 
Stoves  of  the  firm's  manufacture  are  the  following:  Monitor,  Fashion, 
and  Champion  Cooking  Stoves;  Red  Cross,  Ruby,  and  Asteroid 
Heating  Stoves. 

The  Works  of  Messrs.  J.  A.  Pay  &  Co.,  a  view  of  whose 
extensive  buildings  is  given  on  the  opposite  page,  are  situated  on  the 
corner  of  John  and  Front  Streets.  This  is  one  of  the  oldest,  largest, 
and  best  known  of  the  many  enterprising  manufactories  of  this  city. 
Their  history,  since  their  organization  in  1841,  has  been  one  of  steady 
growth  and  marked  progress  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  invention  and 
improvement  of  Wood-working  Tools,  and  to-day  they  are  recognized 
as  being  the  most  extensive  and  celebrated  makers  of  this  class  of 
machinery  in  this  country,  if  not  in  the  world.  Their  productions, 
which  are  the  standard  of  excellence  in  workmanship  and  variety, 
and  in  the  combination  and  adaptation  of  the  latest  improvements  to 
the  uses  for  which  they  are  intended,  have  a  world-wide  reputation. 
Their  establishment  covers  over  50,000  square  feet  of  floor  space,  and 
is  equipped  and  fitted  out  with  the  very  best  and  most  improved 
labor-saving  tools  known,  rendering  it  one  of  the  finest  of  the  kind  in 
the  world.  They  have  room,  machinery,  and  facilities  to  give  em- 
ployment to  500  workmen.  Their  trade  is  large  and  well  established. 
They  send  their  machines  to  every  part  of  the  country,  and  need  no 
introduction  here  to  any  one  posted  or  interested  in  wood-working 
tools.  They  have  machines  in  operation  in  Britain,  Germany,  Japan, 
South  America,  Australia,  and  almost  every  part  of  the  world  where 
such  machinery  is  used.  The  highest  medals  and  commendations 
have  been  awarded  them  for  their  superiority  wherever  exhibited, 
both  in  this  country  and  in  Europe. 

Among  the  prominent  Wood  Working  Machines  manufactured  by 
J.  A.  Fay  &  Co.,  are  the  following,  namely :  Surface  Planing  Machines, 
Double  Surface  Planing  Machines,  Planing  and  Matching  Machines, 
Matching  and  Beading  Machines,  Planing,  Matching,  and  Beading 
Machines,  Molding  and  Sash  Machines.  The  American  Wood 
Worker,  Edge  Molding  and  Shaping  Machines,  Edge  Molding  and 
Friezing  Machines  and  Sawing  Machines.  The  Band  Sawing  Machines 
;i  >]M-cialty.  Boring  Machines, S^ar  Sill  Dressing  Machines.  Tenoning 
Machines,  Blind  Wiring  Machines,  Power  Mortising  Machines,  etc. 


274  KENNY'S  ILL  USTEA  TED  CINCINNA  TI. 


THE   MANUFACTORIES. 

ON  the  first  day  of  January,  1875  (Sixth  Annual  Report  Board  of 
Trade),  Cincinnati  had  4,469  manufacturing  establishments,  with  a 
cash  capital  of  563,149,085  invested;  the  value  of  real  estate  occu- 
pied being  $52,151,680.  There  were  60,999  hands  employed,  and 
the  value  of  the  products  amounted  to  $144,207,371.  The  exports  of 
Cincinnati,  for  1874,  were  $221,536,852,  and  the  imports  $331,177,055. 
AYilliam  Means,  Esq.,  has  furnished  the  following  article  on 

The  Iron  Trade  of  Cincinnati. — The  principal  eastern  cities 
are  large  consumers  of  English  and  Scotch  Pig  Irons,  and  of  late  are 
the  chief  markets  for  the  anthracite  regions  of  New  York  and  Penn- 
sylvania. In  the  West  the  largest  producers  and  consumers  of  coke 
irons  are  Pittsburg,  Chicago,  and  St.  Louis.  Cincinnati  is  not  a  pro- 
ducer of  pig  iron  to  any  extent,  but  is  in  no  way  dependent  on  either 
of  the  sources  mentioned  for  her  supply.  This  city  lies  almost  con- 
tiguous to  the  rich  and  productive  iron  districts  of  the  Hanging  Rock 
region,  and  is  the  recipient  of  the  greater  portion  of  the  iron  made  in 
Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Georgia,  Alabama,  and  Virginia.  It  is  about 
the  center  of  population  and  mineral  resources,  aud  is  the  cheapest 
and  best  market  for  all  grades  of  pig  iron  in  the  United  States. 
-Its  central  position  makes  it  the  distributing  point  for  a  large 
radius.  Upward  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  blast  furnaces  forward 
a  large  portion  of  their  metal  to  this  point,  for  consumption  or 
reshipment  to  the  manufacturing  towns  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois, 
and  Michigan,  while  large  shipments  are  made  to  St.  Louis,  New 
York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Chicago,  and  to  Canada.  Cincinnati 
is  a  large  consumer  of  iron  in  its  various  forms.  Five  hundred 
firms  are  engaged  in  manufacturing  and  dealing  in  iron  in  its  various 
forms,  and  the  pig  iron  trade  of  Cincinnati  alone  amounts  to  about 
twenty-five  million  of  dollars  per  annum.  Recent  developments  in 
Georgia  and  Alabama,  showing  the  abundance  and  cheapness  of  iron 
ores  and  timber,  have  directed  attention  to  that  section  for  the  future 
production  of  charcoal  iron,  and  a  number  of  blast  furnaces  are 
already  sending  metal  to  this  market  which  rival  in  quality  the 
most  celebrated  for  all  purposes. 

The  works  of  Lane  &  Bodley  are  situated  at  the  south-east 
corner  of  John  and  Water  Streets.  The  business  was  established  in 
the  year  1850.  The  establishment  consists  of  five  buildings,  and  is 
divided  into  six  departments.  In  the  illustrations,  views  of  the 
exterior  of  the  main  buildings,  the  foundry,  the  boiler  shop,  and  the 


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finishing  shop  are  shown.  Among  the  leading  articles  manufactured 
by  this  establishment  are  the  following:  Stationary  and  Portable 
Engines,  Boilers,  Saw  Mills,  Grist  Mills,  Brass  and  Iron  Castings, 


Shafting,  Steam  and  Hydraulic  Elevators,  and  several  leading  Wood 
Working  Machines.  Their  machines  are  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the 
United  States.  Employ  about  three  hundred  men. 


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Greo.  O.  Miller  &  Son's  Carriage  Factory  and  Salesrooms  are 
situated  at  19  and  21  West  Seventh  Street.  This  is  among  the  most 
extensive  of  the  manufactories  of  Cincinnati,  and  was  established  in 
the  year  1827.  The  buildings  have  a  frontage  on  Seventh  Street  of 
sixty  feet,  a  depth  of  270  feet,  and  are  six  stories  in  height.  The 
whole  working  space  covers  an  area  of  about  85,000  square  feet.  The 
show  rooms  are  situated  on  the  first  and  second  floor  of  the  Seventh 
Street  building,  and  contain  samples  of  the  newest  styles  of  modern 
carriages,  among  which  are  Glass  and  Leather-top  Landaus,  Claren- 
dons, Coaches,  Landaulettes,  Demi  Landaus,  Coupes,  Coupelettes,  four 


GEORGE    C.    MILLER  &    SONS. 


and  six-seat  Rockaways,  Park  Phaetons,  Victorias,  Basket  and  Pan- 
eled, Pony  and  Business  Phaetons,  Barouches  and  Buggies  in  variety. 
Double  and  Single  Patent  Side-spar  Wagons  for  light  driving,  Skele- 
ton Wagons  and  Sulkies.  The  firm  rank  deservedly  high  as  carriage 
builders,  their  work  being  characterized  by  a  degree  of  strength  and 
elegance  combined  that  can  not  be  outrivaled.  The  members  of  the 
firm  are  John  M.  Miller  and  Jeptha  G.  Miller. 

B.  Bruce  <fe  Go's  extensive  Carriage  Manufactory  is  situated  at 
Nos.  161  and  163  West  Second  Street,  and  57,  59,  and  61  Elm  Street. 
The  buildings  are  in  the  form  of  an  L  and  have  the  advantage  of  an 


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t  extensive  front  on  both  streets.  The  Elm  Street  front  extends  eighty 
feet,  and  the  Second  Street  front  forty  feet.  The  average  depth  is  a 
hundred  and  forty  feet.  The  buildings  are  five  stories  in  height. 
The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1828.  In  ordinary  busy 
seasons  about  one  hundred  skilled  workmen  are  constantly  employed. 
The  show  rooms  are  situated  on  the  Elm  Street  front,  and  are 
filled  with  samples  of  the  newest  and  most  modern  styles  of  vehicles 
for  Summer  and  Winter  use.  There  are  always  on  hand  Family 
Carriages,  Landaus,  Landauletts,  Clarences,  side  and  end,  Spring 


B.    BRUCE    &    CO. 


Lnggies  of  every  description.  Also,  in  a  separate  department,  the 
firm  manufacture  Omnibuses,  Street  Kailroad  Cars,  and  fire  appa- 
ratus. The  productions  of  this  old  established  Carriage  Manufactory 
are  noted  for  the  great  strength,  solidity,  and  elegance  combined  in 
every  department  of  the  workmanship.  Their  trade  is  not  confined 
to  any  particular  State  or  section,  but  may  be  found  in  every  State  of 
the  Union. 

^The  Gold,  Silver,  and  Nickel  Plating  establishment  of  Harvey 
Miller  is  situated  at  the  south-west  corner  of  Sixth  and  Elm,  and 


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was  established  in  the  year  1856.  At  this  establishment  all  articles 
of  Tea  and  Table  Ware  can  be  refinished  and  replated  to. look  and 
wear  like  new.  A  great  variety  of  manufactured  work,  as  Grate  and 
Mantel  Ornaments,  Safe  and  Bank  Lock  Handles,  Dials,  and  Bolts, 
Surgical  and  Dental  Instruments  are  Plated  with  Nickel,  which  pre- 


v 


vents  their  rusting  and  gives  them  a  beautiful  finish.  The  great 
variety  of  articles  that  are  plated  by  the  Electro  process  are  too 
numerous  to  mention.  Mr.  Miller's  extensive  experience  enables 
him  to  do  any  class  of  work  that  can  possibly  be  done  in  his  line  of 
business. 


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JOSEPH    \V.    WAYNE. 

poses.  The  office  and  salesrooms 
are  situated  at  No.  211  West  Fifth 
Street.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished in  the  year  1856,  and  is  the 
only  extensive  one  of  this  kind  in 
the  city  or  State.  The  articles 
manufactured  include  Patent  Self- 
ventilating  American  Refrigera- 
tors, for  family,  restaurant,  hotel, 
and  butchers  use.  Improved  Beer 
and  Ale  Coolers,  and  Ice  Chests  of 
all  kinds.  The  trade  of  the  house 
is  not  confined  to  the  city  or  State, 
but  covers  an  extensive  territory, 
including  all  of  the  Western  and 
Southern  States. 

The  Brass  Foundry  of  William 
Kirkup  &  Sons  is  situated  at 
Nos.  119,  121,  and  123  east  Pearl 
Street,  and  is  one  of  the  oldest 


Jos.W. 
Wayne's 

Refrigeralor 
Manufactory 
is  situated  at 
No.  85  E-\st 
Eighth  Str't. 
Thebuilding 
has  a  front  • 
age  of  forty 
feet,  a  depth 
ofninetyfeet, 
and  is  four 
stories  in 
height.  Two 
four-story 
warehouses, 
each  25x90 
feet  are  re- 
quired for 
storage  pur- 


WILLIAM    KIRKUP  &   SON. 


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established  manufactories  in  the  city,  having  been  established  in  the 
year  1846.  The  firm  manufacture  all  kinds  of  Brass  Work,  Steam 
Fittings,  Steam  and  Water  Gauges,  Babbitt  Metal,  Car  Brasses,  etc., 
for  Gas  and  Steam  Fitters,  Engine  Builders,  Coppersmiths,  Distillers, 
and  Gas  and  Steam  Water  Companies,  besides  Wrought  Iron,  Lap- 


welfted  Tubes  for  Steam,  Water,  and  Gas,  and  also  best  American 
Charcoal  Iron,  Lapwelded  Boiler  Flues.  The  establishment  has  a 
frontage  of  eighty  feet,  a  depth  of  thirty-three  feet,  and  is  four  stories 
in  height.  Their  trade  extends  ever  all  the  West  and  South. 

The  Cincinnati  Lead  Pipe  and  Sheet  Lead  Works  of  W.  &  J.  B. 
Gibson  are  situated  at  Nos.  17  and  19  east  Ninth  Street,  and  were 


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established  in  the  year  1852.  The  manufactory  lias  a  front  of  sixty 
feet,  a  depth  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  feet,  and  a  height, 
including  the  basement,  of  four  stories.  The  firm  manufacture  Lead 
Pipe  and  Sheet  Lead,  Block  Tin  and  Tinned  Lead  Pipe,  Drop  and 
Buck  Shot,  Block  Tin,  Pig  Lead  and  Solder.  They  make  to  order 
Pipe  of  any  weight  per  foot  not  stated  on  their  list  in  quantities 
of  one  thousand  pounds  or  more,  without  extra  charge.  The  estab- 


L.    A.    STROLJEL   &    CO. 

lishment  possesses  all  of  the  newest  machinery,  and  have  great  facili- 
ties for  manufacturing  on  the  most  extensive  scale.  The  members  of 
the  firm  are  W.  &  J.  B.  Gibson. 

The  manufactory  of  L.  A.  Strobel  &;  Co.,  as  shown  in  the 
engraving,  is  situated  at  NOB.  149,  151,  153,  and  155.  Canal  Street, 
corner  of  Klin  Street.  The  factory  and  lot  has  a  front  of  one  hun- 
dred and  nine  feet,  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred  feet,  and  is  six  stories 
in  height.  The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1863.  The  firm 
manufactures  all  descriptions  of  Moldings,  Frames,  and  Looking- 
glasses.  The  best  and  newest  description  of  wood-working  machinery 


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is    employed    on    every 
floor    of    the    establish- 
ment.   In  ordinary  busy 
seasons    there 
are  about  150 
skilled   hands 
employed. 
Their    trade 
is  extended 
throughout 
the    United 
States.    Their 
nameis  known 
all    over    the 
Union. 

Chamber- 
lin  &  Co.'s 
Stove   Works  n 
are  situated  at  > 
Hunt   Street,  « 
east  of  Broad-  r 
way,  and  were  & 
established  in  Q 
the  year  1852. 
The  firm  man- 
ufactures all 
descriptions  of 
Coal  and  Wood 
Stoves.     The 
manufactory 
covers  an  area 
of  about  8,900 
sq  u  a  r  e  feet. 
Nearly   200 
hands  are kept 
constantly    em- 
ployed.    The  of- 
fices and  retail  ware- 
rooms  are  situated  at 
No.    21   Fifth   Street. 
The  following    are   a 


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few  of  the  leading  styles  of  Stoves  made  by  the  Company:  Charter 
Emporia,  Wood,  Cooking  Stove;  Emporia,  Wood,  Cooking  Stove; 
Arcola,  Hot  Blast,  Wood,  Cooking  Stove;  Omaha,  Coal,  Cooking 
Stove;  Monogram,  Coal,  Cooking  Stove;  Triumph,  Coal,  Cooking 
Stove;  Chief,  Coal,  Heating  Stove;  Avon,  Coal,  Heating  Stove.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are  A.  E.  Chainberlin,  O.  N.  Bush,  F.  V.  Cham- 
berlin,  C.  S.  Sargent. 

The  Stove  Works  of  Redway  &  Burton  are  situated ^at  Ninth 
and  Harriet  Streets.  The  .offices  and  salesrooms  are  at  No.  80  Race 
Street.  The  foundry,  which  is  one  of  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the 
city,  covers  nearly  one  and  a  half  acres  of  ground,  and  there  are 
about  two  hundred  hands  constantly  employed.  The  firm  was  estab- 


REDWAY   &    BURTON. 


lished  in  the  year  1857.  They  manufacture  all  descriptions  of  Coal 
and  Wood  Stoves.  The  following  are  but  a  few  of  their  leading  pat- 
terns: New,  Early  Breakfast,  "first-class"  Wood  Cooking  Stove,  twelve 
sizes;  Everlasting,  "first-class"  Coal  Cooking  Stove,  twelve  sizes; 
New  Greenback,  "cheap,"  Wood  Cooking  Stove,  eight  sizes;  Target, 
"cheap,"  Coal  Cooking  Stove,  three  sizes;  and  a  complete  assortment 

Heating  Stoves  for  Coal  and  Wood.  The  trade  of  the  house  extends 
throughout  the  Western  and  Southern  States.  The  members  of  the 
firm  are  Albert  J.  Redway  and  Stephen  R.  Burton. 

The  Great  Western  Planing  and  Flooring  Mill  of  Loug-head  & 
Porter  is  situated  at  No.  22  Hannibal  Street,  between  Fifth  and 

cth  Streets,  west  of,  and  adjoining,  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and 
Dayton  Railroad  Depot,  and  was  established  in  the  year  1851  The 


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firm  manufacture  Doors,  Sash,  Pivot  and  Panel  Shutters,  Door  and 
Window  Frames,  Mantels,  Moldings,  Organ  Fronts,  Altar  I 
Wainscoting,  Book-cases,  etc.    About  ninety  men  are  employed, 
members  of  the  firm  are  E.  R.  Longhead  and  Andrew  Porter. 

The  new  Soap  and  Candle  Manufactory  of  the  old  established  firm 
of  M.  Werk  &  Co.  has  just  been  completed,  at  the  corner  of  John 
and  Poplar  Streets,  and  takes  the  place  of  the  establishment  which 
was  burned  down  in  the  month  of  November,  1874.  The  new  manu- 
factory has  been  furnished  with  new  machinery  and  appliances,  and 


M.    WERK    &   CO. 


is  now  considered  the  most  complete  in  the  West.  The  firm  was 
established  in  the  year  1832.  Soap  and  Candles  are  the  principal 
articles  manufactured  by  this  company,  and  a  large  number  of  hands 
are  kept  in  constant  employment.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  M. 
WTerk,  M.  Schwartz,  and  C.  Werk. 

The  Mo-wry  Car  and  Wheel  "Works  are  the  most  extensive 
manufacturers  of  Car  Wheels  in  Cincinnati  or  the  West.     They  are 


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situated  on  the  bank  of  the  Ohio,  about  one  mile  above  the  Little 
Miami  Railroad  Depot.  The  different  buildings  consist  of  foundry, 
forge,  finishing,  pattern,  and  other  shops,  besides  large  yards  for  coal, 
iron,  etc.,  covering  altogether  about  five  acres  of  ground.  They  manu- 
facture all  descriptions  of  Railroad  and  Street  CarfWheels,  and  build 


MOWRY    CAR    WHEEL   WORKS. 

all  kin*}*  or  Railroad  Freight  Cars,  and  have,  during  the  past  twenty- 
five  years,  supplied  most  of  the  leading  roads  in  the  United  States. 
N.  G.  Green  is  the  general  superintendent. 

The  Oil  Worivs  of  Gest  &  Atkinson  form  an  L  shape,  running 
from  Eggleston  Avenue  to  Fifth  and  Culvert  Streets,  having  a  frontage 
of  87  feet  on  Eggleston  Avenue,  165  feet  on  Culvert  Street,  and  97  feet 
on  Fifth  Street,  and  comprise  a  series  of  brick  buildings,  all  connected, 
and  covering  an  area  of  30,000  square  feet.  The  press-rooms  are  30 
feet  below  ground,  having  subterranean  connection,  with  which  is 
connected  an  ice-house  of  600  tons  capacity,  enabling  oil  to  be  manu- 
factured the  year  round  at  Winter  temperature.  This  factory  is 
the  most  complete  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States  for  the  preparation 
of  Lard  and  Grease  Oils,  and  the  refining  of  Lard  and  Tallow. 

The  business  was  established  about  the  year  1850  by  Messrs.  Smith 
&  Winslow,  to  whom  the  present  owners  succeeded  in  1867.  Their 
product  embraces  Lard  Oil  of  all  grades,  Tallow  Oil,  the  refining  of 
Cotton-seed  Oil,  Oils  for  railway  and  steamship  use,  the  refining  of 
Lard  and  Tallow,  and  the  manufacture  of  Candles  for  railway 
coaches.  There  are  in  use  about  one  hundred  tanks  of  all  kinds, 
from  twenty-five  barrels  to  three  hundred  barrels  capacity ;  and  the 
iron  piping  used,  if  put  in  line,  would  reach  about  four  miles.  The 
product  of  the  works,  when  the  presses  are  used  to  their  full  capacity, 
exceeds  two  hundred  barrels  per  day  of  Oil  and  Stearine. 


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The  Car  Wheel  Works  of  John  Nash  &  Co.,  of  which  the 
engraving  is  an  illustration,  are  situated  at  the  south-west  corner  of 
Sixth  and  Carr  Streets,  and  cover  about  30,000  square  feet  of  ground. 
The  firm  was  established  in  the  year  1856.  They  manufacture  all 
descriptions  of  Railroad,  Machine,  Bridge,  and  Rolling  Mill  Castings, 
besides  Railroad  Hand  and  Coal  Car  Wheels  of  all  sizes  and  qualities. 
The  railroad  track  connects  the  establishment  with  all  roads  centering 
in  the  city.  The  following  sizes  of  wheels  are  always  on  hand:  33 
inch,  Compromise  Tread,  575  and  545  Ibs.  weight;  33  inch,  Narrow 
Tread,  510  Ibs.;  33  inch,  Plate  Truck,  550  Ibs.;  31  inch,  Plate  Car,  540 


JOHN    NASH   &   CO. 

Ibs.;  30  inch,  Plate  Truck,  480  Ibs.;  30  inch,  Plate  Tender,  460  Ibs.;  28 
inch,  Plate  Truck,  450  Ibs.;  28  inch,  Plate  Tank,  450  Ibs.;  26  inch, 
Plate  Truck,  440  Ibs.;  24  inch,  Plate  (single),  350  Ibs.;  30  inch,  Hollow 
Spoke,  500  Ibs.;  28  inch,  Hollow  Spoke,  460  Ibs.;  26  inch,  Hollow 
Spoke,  400  Ibs. 

The  Architectural  Iron  and  Jail  Works  of  M.  Clements,  shown 
in  the  accompanying  engraving,  are  located  at  the  corner  of  Baymillcr 
and  Hathaway  Streets,  fronting  on  Baymiller  Street  100  feet,  and  on 
Hathaway  Street  150  feet,  and  opposite  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and 
Dayton  Railroad  Depot.  The  business  was  established  by  the  present 
proprietor  in  1863.  It  is  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of 


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Architectural  Iron  and  Jail  Work,  Iron  Stairs,  Bailing,  Bank  Vaults, 
Sky-lights,  Boofs,  Bedsteads,  Doors,  Shutters,  and  all  kinds  of  Iron 
Work  required  in  the  erection  of  buildings.  In  ordinary  busy  seasons 
over  one  hundred  hands  are  employed. 

Messrs.  J.  W.  Graff  &  Co.'s  Distillery,  which  is  presented  in 
the  accompanying  engraving,  is  situated  in  the  lower  end  of  the  city, 
between  the  tracks  of  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi,  the  Indianapolis,  Cin- 
cinnati and  Lafayette,  the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati,  the  Dayton  Short 
Line,  and  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Bailroads,  and  is  not 
over  a  hundred  feet  from  the  Ohio  Biver.  The  city  offiee  is  at  the 
south-east  corner  of  Fourth  and  Elm  Streets.  The  distillery,  with  its 
stock-pens  and  adjuncts,  covers  an  area  of  sixteen  acres,  with  a  frcnt- 


AMES  W.   GAFF  &  CO. 

age  of  500  feet.  The  distillery  has  a  capacity  of  16,000  gallons  a 
day,  the  pens  for  4,000  head  of  cattle  and  10,000  head  of  hogs.  The 
new  bonded  warehouse  is  four  stories  high,  with  storage  room  for 
30,000  barrels.  Nearly  16,000  gallons  are  now  made  daily,  upon 
which  a  tax  of  seventy  cents  per  gallon  is  paid  to  the  Government. 
Estimating  the  daily  tax  at  $11,200,  the  annual  tax  paid  amounts  to 
the  enormous  sum  of  $3,494,400,  or  one-fortieth  of  the  entire  internal 
revenue  collected  by  the  whole  of  the  United  States.  Messrs.  J.  W. 
Gaff  &  Co.  also  keep  a  large  stock  of  fine  old  bourbon  and  rye 
whiskies,  thousands  of  barrels  of  which  are  shipped  every  year  to  all 
our  large  cities.  Their  fine  whiskies  are  not  redistilled  or  rectified, 
but  simply  allowed  to  become  pure  from  old  age.  All  grain  received 
into  the  distillery  is  taken  from  the  cars  direct  by  an  ingenious 
mechanical  apparatus,  and  is  thus  handled  but  once,  thereby  effecting 
great  saving  in  time  and  money. 


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SCENES  ON  THE  RIVER. 

EVEN  in  the  very  early,  history  of  Cincinnati— only  seventy  years 
ago— the  Ohio  Kiver  was  considered  not  only  the  most  important,  but 
also  the  most  beautiful,  of  all  the  surroundings  of  the  future  Queen 
City  of  the  West.  It  is,  indeed,  of  surpassing  loveliness,  especially 
in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  Cincinnati.  The  graceful  curves 
and  bends  of  the  river,  exhibiting  in  the  distance  one  range  of  hills 


MOUTH    OF   THE    LICKING    RIVER. 

rising  above  another,  with  beautifully  rounded  heights,  and  covered, 
on  the  Kentucky  side,  with  the  verdure  of  the  forest,  produce  a  series 
of  splendid  views  rarely  found.  The  view  at  the  mouth  of  the  Lick- 
ing has  always  been  admired.  This  river  is  navigable  during  high 
water  for  fifty  or  sixty  miles. 

On  the  banks  of  the  Ohio,  in  the  busy  season,  the  large  num- 
ber of  steamers  loading  and  discharging  their  cargoes  at  the  Levee 
presents  a  lively  and  most  animated  scene.  America  is  essentially 
a  cosmopolitan  land,  not  only  at  its  seaports,  as  is  so  frequently  the 
case  in  Europe,  and  so  invariably  in  the  harbors  of  England  and  the 
const  of  the  Mediterranean,  but  also  in  its  inland  cities.  But  this  is 
nowhere  so  perceptible  as  here,  where  great  cities,  upon  magnificent 
rivers,  form,  as  it  were,  inland  ports.  This  is,  perhaps,  more  percep- 


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tible  than  anywhere  else  upon  the  wharfs  of  Cincinnati.  Although  far 
remote  from  the  sea-coast,  late  Congressional  action  has  constituted 
it  a  port  of  entry,  and  since  the  Act  was  passed  her  business  has  vastly 
grown;  and  with  the  increase  have  arrived  Hocks  upon  flocks  of  new 
sojourners.  The  strangest  of  all  of  these  seem  to  congregate  upon  the 
Levee.  From  all  parts  of  the  Union  they  come  here  as  though  to  some 
common  focus  of  union.  Centrally  situated  as  Cincinnati  is,  she  at- 
tracts the  best  and  the  worst,  the  most  energetic  and  the  most  indo- 
lent, of  those  who  have  nothing  but  their  own  brawny  arms  and 
physical  strength  to  rely  upon.  The  better  classes  of  society  are 


STEAMERS    AT  THE    LEVEE. 


nearly  alike  in  all  countries  of 
Christendom;  it  is  in  the  lower 
only  that  the  peculiarities  of  provincialism 
or  of  occupation  can  be  most  distinctly  per- 
ceived. To  the  student  of  human'  nature 
there  are  but  few  places  upon  the  globe 
where  these  divergent  characteristics  can  be  observed  to  better  advan- 
tage than  by  the  river.  There  are  white  laborers  of  every  degree, 
negroes  of  every  hue,  and  of,  too  often  be  it  said,  every  note  in  the. 
gamut  of  ignorance.  But  they  are  gathered  from  every  State:  broken- 
down  adventurers  from  Maine,  ruined  tramps  from  New  York,  disap- 
pointed adventurers  from  Canada,  and,  as  for  the  colored  men,  they 
swarm  from  every  city  and  village  where  the  Ohio,  the  Mississippi, 
the  Missouri,  and  even  the  Red  River  of  the  South,  flows  into  the 
ocean.  In  New  York  the  hurry  and  the  bustle  and  the  throng  dis- 
tract the  attention  of  the  spectator;  here  there  is  just  enough  to  arouse 
all  hrs  faculties,  not  too  much  to  obscure  them. 


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The  view  on  the  Licking  represented  in  the  next  engraving  is  full 
of  interest  to  the  pioneers  of  Cincinnati,  so  rapidly,  alas,  passing  away. 
When  the  city  was  first  founded  in  its  village  cradle,  a  pedantic 
schoolmaster  was  requested  to  give  it  a  name.  He  compounded  a 
barbarous  Anglo-Greek  derivative,  the  principal  point  of  which  was 
that  Cincinnati's  celebrity,  such  as  it  then  was,  was  owing  to  the  fact 
that  she  was  opposite  the  Licking.  But  the  times  are  changed,  and  we 


VIEW    ON   THE 
LICKING. 


with    them    are 

changed,   is   a 

proverb   of  uni-     — ^ 

versal  application,  and  it  is  doubtful  whether 

any  more  striking  illustration  of  its  truth  can  be 

discovered  than  in  the  relative  growth  of  our  own 

city  and  the  hamlets  upon  the  Licking.     The 

view,  however,  is  very  beautiful.    The  tributary 

of  the  Ohio,  flowing  between  steep,  in  some  places  precipitous,  banks, 

passes  through  a  lovely  landscape.     The  primeval  forest  crowns  not  a 

few  of  its  crests,  and  here  and  there,  as  the  tourist  passes  through  its 

fifty  miles  of  navigable  water,  beautiful  specks  of  lawn,  and  charming 

country  villas,  are  presented  to  his  eye. 

"  In  a  low  green  valley  of  the  old  Kentucky  shore  " 
was  sung  with  enthusiasm  years  ago,  and  none  can  fail  to  realize  the 
sweetness  of  the  thought,  and  the  harmony  of- the  words  and  the  music 


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with  nature  herself,  who  has  penetrated  into  valleys  of  the  Upper 
Licking  and  the  exquisite  paths  through  which  the  lesser  streams 
pour  their  tribute  to  its  waters.  In  high  water,  and  after  heavy  rains, 
the  Licking  is  one  of  the  swiftest  rivers  in  the  West. 

In  order  to  correctly  understand  the  situation  of  the  city,  the 
visitor  should  cross  on  the  steam  ferry  that  leaves  the  foot  of  Law- 
rence Street  every  few  minutes  for  Newport.  While  crossing,  a 
splendid  view  of  Mount  Adams,  crowned 
with  the  small  Catholic  church  of  the  Im- 
maculate Conception,  which  stands  out  clear 
against  the  sky  and  is  visible  from  almost 
everv  part  of  the  city,  is  obtained.  Mount 


Adams  is  very 
interesting 
from  the  fact 

that  it  is  the  view* upon  the  greatest  elevation  to  be 
obtained  from  the  eastern  outskirts  of  the  city.  The 
ground  originally  formed  a  portion  of  the  Longworth 
estate,  and  was  given  to  the  city  by  the  executors 
upon  the  sole  condition  of  maintaining  an  Observa- 
tory, with  a  competent  professor,  upon  the  spot. 
For  some  time  this  was  done,  and  observations  were 
MOUNT  ADAMS  AND  duty  taken  and  recorded  ;  1m  t  since  the  Signal  Serv- 
THE  WATER-WORKS,  ice  has  been  thoroughly  organized  in  Washington, 
and  the  Cincinnati  Astronomer  placed  at  its  head, 
the  observations  have  been  discontinued,  and  the  instruments,  one  by 
one,  have  been  removed,  and  a  new  Observatory  has  lately  been 
built  in  the  north-east,  on  Mount  Lookout. 

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THE  INCLINED  PLANES. 

THE  visitor  who  wishes  to  obtain,  in  the  shortest  time  and  at  the 
smallest  outlay,  some  of  the  finest  glimpses  of  Cincinnati  and  its 
neighborhood,  should  visit  one  or  all  of  the  Inclined  Planes— ail  of 
which  can  be  easily  reached  by  the  street-cars— and  thus  easily  ascend 


MOUNT   AUBURN  INCLINED   PLANE. 


the  heights  round  the  city.  There  are  three,  the  first  built  of  which 
leads  to  Mount  Auburn.  Its  success  was  doubted  at  first,  but  it  has 
proved  very  great.  Another,  due  east,  now  nearly  completed,  runs  to 
Mount  Adams,  the  site  of  the  old  Observatory,  and  now  crowned  by 
the  Catholic  Church  and  the  Monastery  of  the  Passion ist  Fathers. 
The  third  Plane  runs  due  west,  up  Price's  Hill.  To  give  the  visitor 
an  idea  of  the  importance  of  these  planes  it  may  be  said  that  this 
railway  cost  $100,000.  Its  length  is  788  feet;  700  steps  run  from  the 


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foot  to  the  top  of  the  elevator,  with  a  double  track  in  the  center.  The 
engine  is  70  horse  power.  The  engine  house,  at  the  top  of  the  eleva- 
tor, is  100  feet  high,  and  has  a  music  hall,  an  art  hall,  and,  on  the 
upper  floor,  an  observatory,  to  which  the  approach  is  also  by  a  steam 
elevator.  Before  these  planes  were  erected  Mount  Auburn  was 
visited  by  few  but  the  residents,  but  now  it  is  visited  by  thousand?. 
The  accompanying  engravings  will  give  the  visitor  some  idea  of  these 


MOUNT  ADAMS  FROM  THE  RAILROAD. 


planes,  but  it  would  be  impossible  to   overestimate  their  benefit  to 
Cincinnati. 

The  city,  like  Jerusalem,  lies  in  a  valley,  and,  three  or  four  years 
ago,  projects  were  mooted  for  extending  its  limits  by  terracing  the 
surface  or  mining  through  the  surrounding  hills.  Both  proposals 
were  defeated,  owing  to  the  enormous  expense  involved — utterly  in- 
adequate to  the  purpose  to  be  subserved.  All  interests  have  now  been 
cheaply  and  systematically  conciliated  by  the  inclined  plane  railways. 


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They  surmount  the  hills  to  the  East,  to  the  North,  and  to  the  West, 
and  have,  in  fact,  done  more  real  work  for  the  benefit  of  the  city  than 
some  half  dozen  other  ambitious  schemes  which  it  would  not  be  dif- 
ficult to  mention.  From  their  summits  some  of  the  finest  views  of 


MOUNT  AUBURN  FROM  THE  READING  ROAD. 


Cincinnati  can  be  seen,  j 
at  a  short  distance  lie  all 
the  glories  of  the  far-famed 
suburbs.  The  pedestrian 
can  thence  find  famous  starting  points  for  a  glorious  walk  on  beauti- 
ful roads  winding  beneath  noble  trees  and  skirting  green  turf.  Pedes- 
trianism  is  now  being  indulged  in  more  than  ever  before,  and  it  is  he 
alone  who  can  see  to  the  best  advantage.  In  a  single  word,  the  planes 
bring  the  country,  with  its  pure,  invigorating  air,  to  the  very  gates  of 
the  city,  and  are  the  natural  supplement  of  a  well  arranged  system 
of  street  passenger  cars. 


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THE    SUBURBS. 

THERE  is  no  city,  however  busy,  wealthy,  or  prosperous,  that  has 
ever  won  to  itself  world-wide  fame  without  beautiful  suburbs.  The 
hills  that  surrounded,  the  bays  that  indented,  the  outskirts  of  Athens 
were  as  celebrated  as  the  Agora  and  the  Temples.  The  Appia  Via  and 
the  Pincian  Way  that  brought  the  traveler  to  Koine  were  far  more 
sacred  in  his  eyes  than  the  forum,  the  baths,  and  the  theaters  of  the 
Eternal  City.  And  as  it  was  in  olden  time  so  it  is  now.  What  would 
Naples  be  without  her  bay  and  the  slopes  of  Vesuvius  in  her  back- 
ground? Paris  is  a  gorgeous  city,  but  its  chief  charms  are,  after  all, 
to  be  most  loved  in  St.  Denis  for  old  historic  associations,  in  Versailles 
for  the  luxuries  of  Louis  Quatorze,  in  St.  Cloud  for  the  reminiscences 
of  the  last  Napoleonic  Empire.  After  all,  even  if  we  drive  up  the  Rue 
de  Rivoli,  under  the  Arc  de  Trioinphe,  and  through  the  Avenue  de 
L'Imperatrice,  we  shall  have  seen  but  little  of  the  most  fascinating 
aspect  of  Parisian  life  until  we  enter  the  Bois  de  Boulogne.  Since 
Constantine  transferred  the  seat  of  empire,  in  the  fourth  century,  to 
the  shores  of  the  Bosphorus,  Constantinople  has  been  a  famous  city: 
but  would  half  the  tourists  bear  her  narrow  streets  and  crowded  lanes 
were  they  not  rewarded  with  a  glimpse  of  Scutari  and  her  beautiful 
cemeteries  opposite,  and  in  the  near  neighborhood  the  lovely  valley  of 
the  Sweet  Waters?  Lisbon,  approached  from  the  Tagus,  is  one  of  the 
most  exquisite  sites  in  all  Europe;  but  Cintra,  with  its  mediaeval 
palaces  and  Moorish  castles,  is  far  more  endearing  to  the  memory — 
arid  Cintra  is  but  a  suburb  of  Lisbon.  Vienna  is  set,  like  a  precious 
stone  in  golden  fringe,  by  the  Schonbrunn  and  the  waves  of  the  blue 
Danube;  and  London  itself  owes  all  its  reflected  beauty  to  majestic 
Windsor,  to  the  fertile  fields  of  Essex  and  of  Kent,  to  Epping  Forest, 
to  Kew  and  Greenwich  and  Sydenham,  and  the  garden  landscape  of 
its  northern  approaches.  In  historic  interest  Cincinnati,  perhaps,  can 
not  vie  with  any  of  these  time-honored  cities,  but  nature  herself  has 
poured  forth  all  around  her  her  beauties  with  a  full  and  kindly  hand. 
The  suburbs  of  the  Queen  City  are  equal  to  any  in  the  world.  The 
green  sward  and  leafy  glades  of  Clifton  and  Avondale  and  Walnut 
Hills  and  Glendale,  the  heights  and  slopes  and  broad  stretches,  tree- 
inclustered,  to  the  West  above  Price's  Hill,  the  gleaming,  winding 
Ohio  on  the  South,  and  on  every  side  all  around  the  girdle  of  hills, 
dotted  with  mansions  and  villas,  or  crested  by  the  forest,  present  a 


302  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


landscape  of  natural  beauty  with  which  it  would  be  impossible  to 
compare  the  suburbs  of  any  other  city  in  the  Union.  To  describe 
them  fully  would  require  a  volume,  but  any  of  the  following  drives 
will  repay  the  visitor. 

NOTE. — Hacks  can  be  hired  at  the  following  rates :  For  four  per- 
sons or  less  the  regular  tariff  is  $2  for  the  first  hour  and  $1.50  for  each 
hour  thereafter:  but  the  best  plan  here,  as  every-where  else,  is  to 
make  a  bargain  before  starting,  when,  without  reference  to  time,  a 
hack  can  be  hired  for  from  $5  to  $8  for  every  drive  mentioned  in 
this  book.  (See  Diagram  of  Suburbs.) 

THE  GRAND  DRIVE. 

THE  following  drive  is  properly  known  as  the  "  Grand  Drive,"  and 
is  worthily  named.  Not  only  does  it  take  the  visitor  through  some  of 
the  most  beautiful  scenes  of  the  famous  suburbs  of  the  Queen  City, 
but  as  he  mounts  the  hills  or  passes  up  or  down  the  declines,  he 
will  have  a  view  of  Cincinnati  herself  in  many  respects  more  charm- 
ing than  any  which  can  be  obtained  elsewhere.  No  lover  of  the  pic- 
turesque can  fail  to  admire  its  rich  and  manifold  beauties.  The  Drive 
comprises  a  trip  through  Avondale,  the  Zoological  Garden,  the  Bur- 
net  Woods,  Clifton,  and  views  of  the  Mill  Creek  Valley,  Spring  Grove, 
and  many  other  charming  landscapes.  The  roads  for  the  entire  dis- 
tance are  good,  and  for  most  of  the  route  the  perfection  of  macadam- 
ization.  The  grades  are  easy,  with  the  single  exception  of  the  first 
ten  minutes — while  climbing  the  hill  of  Sycamore  Street — and  on  the 
Drive  are  to  be  seen  the  greatest  number  of  handsome  cottages,  elegant 
mansions,  and  princely  residences  that  abound  in  the  neighborhood  of 
the  city. 

Directions.— From  the  Post-office  proceed  East  on  Fourth  Street 
three  squares.  Turn  to  the  left  up  Sycamore  Street.  At  Webster 
Street  there  is  a  fine  view  of  Mount  Adams  on  the  right,  with  the  In- 
clined Plane  and  Lookout  House  of  Mount  Auburn  on  the  left.  On 
the  left,  on  Sycamore  Street,  is  the  German  Reformed  Evangelical 
Church,  with  steeple  160  feet  high,  surmounted  by  a  figure  of  the 
angel  Gabriel  blowing  a  trumpet— a  fac-simile  of  a  church  to  be  seen 
at  Frankfort-on-the-Main.  At  the  summit  of  the  hill,  and  on  the 
right,  Hopkins  Park,  although  small,  is  well  planted,  affording  fine 
views.  From  this  point  are  obtained  views  on  the  right  of  Eden  Park 
and  Walnut  Hills.  Turn  to  the  left  and  proceed  on  Auburn  Avenue 
through  Mount  Auburn.  The  Bodman  homestead  (tobacco  million- 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI, 


803 


aires)  stands  on  the  right,  with  a  long)  shaded  avenue — house  barely 
visible.  On  the  left,  back  from  the  road,  on  the  summit  of  a  steep 
hill  commanding  splendid  views,  is  seen  the  Mount  Auburn  Young 
Ladies'  Institute;  farther  on  the  left,  with  fine  lawn,  the  Protestant 
Orphan  Asylum.  At  the  corner  of  Summit  Avenue,  on  the  left,  and 
just  beyond  the  Asylum,  the  splendid  square  massive  residence  of  M. 
White,  Cashier  Fourth  National  Bank.  Opposite,  on  the  right,  in 
modern  French  style,  with  a  square  tower  85  feet  high,  is  the  mansion 
of  A.  H.  Hinkle,  the  entrance  a  stone  portico,  flanked  by  verandas. 
On  the  left,  St.  George's  Catholic  Church,  with  double  towers.  On 


RESIDENCE   OF  JOHN   SHIL- 
LITO,    ESQ. 


the    left,    the 

Mount  Auburn  Water-works, 
from  which  the  great  Fount- 
ain on  Fifth  Street  is  supplied.  On  the 
right  pass  Mount  Auburn  Presbyterian 
Church.  On  the  left,  an  extensive  view 
of  College  Hill,  Glendale,  12  miles  dis- 
tant, is  visible.  On  the  left,  an  old  homestead  of  Jason  Evans,  one  of 
the  oldest  settlers.  Turn  to  the  left  into  Highland  Avenue;  a  short 
distance  to  the  mansion  of  John  Shillito.  Turn  to  the  right  into  Oak 
Avenue,  passing  along  the  north  side  of  Shillito's  mansion.  The 
house  and  grounds  cover  one  entire  square.  The  style  is  Elizabethan ; 
the  material,  blue  lime  stone;  the  entrance,  a  magnificent  stone 
porch,  11  by  8 J  feet,  faced  within  and  without  with  tooled  stone  work. 


304  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


The  interior  contains  the  main  hall,  20  feet  wide,  with  old  English 
fireplace  for  wood,  6  feet  wide;  over  it  an  elegantly  wrought  black 
walnut  mantel,  with  three  human  figures,  representing  Peace,  Plenty, 
and  Harmony.  A  magnificent  staircase  of  black  and  white  walnut, 
carved  and  polished.  In  the  drawing-room  a  pure  white  Italian  man- 
tel shelf,  supported  by  statues  representing  Summer  and  Winter,  with 
a  large  French  mirror.  The  floor  is  of  rare  marquetry^  work  ;  splen- 
did alayere  in  mosaic.  The  whole  interior  richly  wainscoted  with 
polished  woods.  The  apartments  are  all  frescoed.  It  was  erected  in 
1866.  James  W.  M'Laughlin,  architect. 

Half  a  square  farther  on  the  left  is  the  mansion  of  A.  D.  Bul- 
lock, the  great  street-railroad  manager.  Style,  Italian;  material, 
blue  limestone,  with  free  stone  caps  and  water  tables;  square,  ivy- 
covered  tower,  64  feet.  The  roof  is  covered  with  blue  slate.  En- 
trance, massive  stone  porch,  19  by  12  feet.  The  interior  halls  are  15 
feet  wide  and  61  feet  in  length.  An  imposing  staircase  of  old  English 
style,  black  and  white  walnut.  The  floors  generally  are  of  exquisite 
marquetry.  A  fine  conservatory  is  on  the  east  side.  The  grounds 
are  richly  variegated,  9  acres  in  extent. 

Turn  to  the  left  into  the  Beading  Boad,  and  proceed  toward 
Avondale,  three  quarters  of  a  mile  distant.  Extensive  nurseries 
are  at  both  sides  of  the  road.  Pass,  on  the  right,  Avondale  Park, 
where  a  Summer  resort  hotel  and  restaurant  is  conducted  in  first-class 
style  by  the  well-known  caterer,  "Lew  Bowman.  Then  proceed  to  Main 
Avenue,  Avondale.  On  the  left,  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Linden 
Avenues,  on  a  beautiful  knoll  with  a  fine  lawn  in  front,  is  the  resi- 
dence of  C.  II.  West.  On  the  right,  extensive  prospects  are  seen,  Nor- 
wood Heights  in  the  far  distance;  on  the  left,  the  Avondale  school - 
house3  with  tower  and  clock ;  on  the  left  corner  of  Bockdale  Avenue, 
the  residence  of  Mr.  Thomas  Lambert.  Turn  to  the  left  into  Forest 
Avenue,  and  proceed  toward  the  Zoological  Gardens.  The  first  fine 
house  on  the  right  is  the  residence  of  Louis  Van  Antwerp,  with  hand- 
some grounds  and  smooth  lawn.  Cross  Washington  Avenue.  On  the  left, 
Grace  Church,  Avondale ;  on  the  right,  the  fine  residence  and  grounds  of 
Chas.  Hoefer.  After  passing  through  a  deep  cut,  the  north  gate  to  the 
Zoological  Gardens  is  on  the  left.  Time  from  the  Post-office  to  this 
gate,  one  hour.  Alight  for  ten  minutes ;  walk  through  the  Garden  and 
order  the  carriage  to  the  Carthage  gate,  or  ride  to  the  Carthage  gate. 

The  Zoological  Gardens. — These  Gardens  contain  a  fraction 
over  66  acres.  The  grounds  are  owned  by  a  corporation  known  as  the 
"Zoological  Society  of  Cincinnati,"  with  a  capital  of  $300,000  in  6,000 


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THE   BEAR    PITS,   ZOOLOGICAL   GARDENS. 

shares  of  §50  each.  The  Society  leased  the  grounds  for  99  years,  re- 
newable forever.  The  following  are  some  of  the  principal  inclosures 
for  the  housing  and  care  of  the  animals :  A  buffalo  house,  with  a  drink- 
ing and  bathing  pool ;  parks  for  deer  and  elk ;  a  stone  structure  for 
the  carnivorous  tribes;  an  octagonal  stone  monkey  house;  three  large 
bear  pits,  with  a  building  of  dressed  limestone,  sand-stone,  and.  iron; 
and  a  kangaroo  house.  The  stone  tenement  for  the  carnivora  is  146 
by  74  feet  in  dimensions,  and  contains  20  cages,  with  walks  for  visitors. 
The  rotunda  for 
spectators  in  the 
center  of  the  mon- 
key house  is  30 
feet  in  diameter. 
Then  comes  a  fine 
aviary  of  lime- 
stone, 340  feet  in 
length  by  .about  20 
in  depth.  Enter- 
ing the  Garden, 
the  first  building 
directly  in  front, 
is  the  bear  pits. 
Keep  the  build- 
ing on  your  right, 
and,  making  the  circuit  of  the  road,  passing  the  monkey  house  and 
the  buffalo  house,  the  new  extensive  building  on  the  hill  to  the  right 
is  the  Restaurant.  The  views  from  different  points  in  the  Garden  are 
very  fine.  The  Zoological  Gardens  are  a  comparatively  new  element 


THE    MONKEY   HOUSE. 


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in  the  attractions  of  Cincinnati,  but  there  is  every  reason  to  believe 
in  their  ultimate  success. 

The  Restaurant,  represented  in  the  next  engraving,  was  designed 
by  Mr.  M'Laughlin,  one  of  the  most  eminent  architects  in  the  city. 
It  stands  upon  high  ground,  and  commands,  on  either  side,  a  series  of 
beautiful  views.  It  is  three  stories  in  height — the  first  and  second, 
like  so  many  of  the  old  and  better  class  mansions  of  the  old  Signers 
of  Bretagne  and  Normandy,  surrounded  by  verandas. 

Take  the  carriage  again  at  the  Carthage  gate,  and  proceed  on  the 
Carthage  Road  toward  the  Burnet  Woods;  turn  to  the  right  into  Lud- 
low  Avenue. 

Clifton. — On  the  left  are  Burnet  Woods.  The  Avenue  entering 
the  Woods  is  Beechwood  Avenue.  (If  time  permits,  drive  into  the 


THE    RESTAURANT,  ZOOLOGICAL   GARDENS. 

Woods  as  far  as  desired,  and  return  to  this  point.)  Proceed  to  the  corner 
of  Ludlow  and  Brookline  Avenues.  Here  Clifton  proper  commences. 

The  district  now  begins  to  exhibit  the  distinguishing  characteris- 
tics which  have  made  Clifton  one  of  the  garden-spots  of  America, 
known  as  widely  as  Cincinnati  herself.  Hill,  dale,  lawn,  ravine, 
field,  and  forest,  interspersed  with  bright  evergreens  and  shrubbery, 
blossom  with  shady  nooks  and  sunny  glades,  in  which  nestle  the 
roomy,  cool  verandas  and  graveled  walks  of  the  fine  homes  of  Clifton. 

Turn  to  the  right  into  Brookline  Avenue.  On  the  left  is  the  unos- 
tentatious but  handsome  residence  of  E.  T.  Kidd,  one  of  the  proprie- 
tors of  the  Cincinnati  Gazette.  The  house  is  in  the  Italian  style  of 
architecture,  with  a  double  story  bay-window  at  the  angle  of  the 
house.  From  this  point  there  is  an  extensive  prospect,  embracing 
Longview  Asylum  at  Carthage.  Turn  to  the  left  into  Glenway 


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RESIDENCE   OF   E.    T.    KIDD,    ESQ. 

Avenue,  and  soon  again  to  the  right  into  Clifton  Avenne.  On  the  left 
are  the  finely  arranged  and  extensive  grounds  of  James  Andrews. 
This  is  the  main  artery  of  the  village.  On  the  right,  with  grounds 
artistically  ornamented,  stands  the  residence  of  Capt.  Bugher;  on  the 
left,  the  fine  residence  of  Theodore  Cook.  The  next  house  on  the  right 
is  B.  F.  Whitman's ;  on  the  left,  directly  opposite,  Capt.  Robert  Hos'ea, 
one  of  the  village  pioneers.  On  the  right,  beautifully  situated,  the 


RESIDENCE   OF   GAZZAM    GANO,    ESQ. 


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residence  of  Gazzam  Gano.  On  the  left  is  the  Kesor  Academy,  or 
Clifton  Hall,  with  square  tower  and  clock  (used  for  purposes  of 
amusement  and  instruction).  Opposite  the  Academy,  on  the  right, 
the  house  and  grounds  of  the  late  Wm.  Kesor,  said  to  be  the  hand- 
somest lawn  in  Clifton.  On  the  left,  J.  L.  Wayne,  directly  opposite 
the  ivy-mantled,  beautifully  situated,  and  cozy  Calvary  Episcopal 
Church.  On  the  left,  the  splendid  mansion  and  grounds  of  Win.  Gib- 
son. Down  in  the  vale,  near  the  church,  Mr.  Espy,  the  banker,  has  a 
romantic  cottage.  On  the  right  is  the  noble  building  and  grand  lawn 
of  Thos.  Sherlock.  Opposite  are  the  residences  of  Jas.  Morrison  and 
Mr.  Pedretti,  the  Italian  fresco  artist. 

Turn  to  the  left  into  Lafayette  Avenue,  leaving  the  seat  formerly 


RESIDENCE  OF   WILLIAM   GIBSON,   ESQ. 

occupied  by  J.  B.  Bennett,  the  great  insurance  magnate,  on  the  right. 
At  the  corner  of  Lafayette  Avenue  is  the  residence  of  Wm.  P.  Neff; 
on  the  right,  the  fine  house  of  Emanuel  Miller;  on  the  right,  just  be- 
yond, the  handsome  home  of  O.  J.  Wilson,  surrounded  by  extensive 
lawns. 

On  the  right,  the  grand  gate  in  process  of  erection,  and  the  mansion 
of  Henry  Probasco.  This  is  ranked  among  the  notable  sights  of  Clifton. 
The  style  is  Anglo-Norman,  with  round  tower.  The  massive  stone  ter- 
race extends  the  full  length  of  the  front.  The  entrance  is  through  a 
magnificent  stone  porch,  with  Norman  arches.  At  the  north-east  end  a 
porte  cor.hcre.  Interior,  a  grand  hall  15  by  70  feet.  The  house  contains 
expensive  pictures,  rare  mosaics,  and  superb  furniture;  the  library  a 
rich  collection  of  rare  and  valuable  books,  including  nearly  a  hundred 


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copies  of  editions  of  the  Bible,  some  in  vellum,  and  in  different  lan- 
guages; also,  early  illuminated  manuscripts  of  the  twelfth,  thirteenth, 
fourteenth,  and  fifteenth  centuries  in -several  languages,  many  of  the 
most  valuable  in  Italian,  besides  specimens  of  the  earliest  printing, 
and  richly  illustrated  modern  works  of  great  cost.  On  the  grounds 
are  Kiss's  "Amazon,"  in  bronze  (of  these  there  are  but  three  in  exist- 
ence) ;  in  marble,  "Sans  Souci,"  by  Ives;  "Reading  Girl,"  by  Magin; 
"Cordelia,"  by  Connolly;  "Innocence,"  by  Fedi,  of  Florence;  and 


RESIDENCE   OF    HENRY    PROBASCO,  ESQ. 

"  Ruth,"  by  Rogers.  The  view  from  the  grounds  forms  a  splendid 
panorama,  and  in  the  grounds  there  is  a  most  valuable  collection  of 
evergreens,  many  from  the  Pyrenees,  Himalayas,  and  Rocky  Mount- 
ains. The  conservatory  is  extensive.  The  rosarium  contains  four 
thousand  roses,  besides  variegated  leaf  plants. 

On  the  right,  a  short  distance  from  Probasco's,  stands  the  superb 
edifice  of  George  K.  Shoenberger.  The  entrance  to  the  grounds 
diverges  on  a  slight  incline  from  Clifton  Avenue.  Entrance  to  the 
grounds,  from  which  the  very  finest  views  may  be  obtained,  is  .per- 
mitted when  Mr.  Shoenberger  is  at  home.  Entering,  follow  the 


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carriage  road,  and  stop  at  this  side  of  the  house.  From  this  point 
the  spectator  may  see  the  wide  valley  200  feet  below  him.  The  eye 
can  wander  over  a  broad  expanse  of  field  and  forest  teeming  with 
life.  The  great  avenue  in  the  distance  crowded  with  pleasure-seekers; 
the  beautiful  cemetery  of  Spring  Grove,  with  its  lines  of  stately  monu- 
ments; the  numerous  railroad  tracks,  and  the  trains  themserves 


RESIDENCE   OF   GEO.    K.    SHOENBERGER,    ESQ. 

looking  but  small  in  the  distance,  all  compose  a  landscape  rarely  to 
be  surpassed.  The  immediate  view  of  the  noble  building  itself  is  like 
some  lordly  castle  of  the  old  feudal  times  rearing  its  castellated  towers 
above  a  lawn  of  exquisite  richness,  and  increases  the  beauty  of  the 
whole  spectacle  where  lawn  and  tower,  battlement,  castle,  cliff,  and 
wide-spread  valley,  with  its  meandering  Mill  Creek  and  shining 
meadows,  are  the  component  parts  of  a  picture  long  to  be  remembered. 
Shorenberger's  is  in  style  Gothic,  of  the  French  domestic  order.  Ma- 
terial, blue  limestone.  The  main  tower  is  14  by  20  feet,  80  feet  high. 


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The  walls  are  uncoursed  Ashlar  work.  The  roof  is  blue  slate.  The 
area  of  the  ground  floor  10,000  square  feet.  The  entrance  is  through 
a  magnificent  cut  stone  porch,  12  by  18  feet,  which  opens  immediately 
to  the  main  hall,  20  feet  wide,  26  feet  deep.  The  porte  cocker e  is  of 
cut  freestone,  16  by  26  feet.  The  building  and  place  is  called 
"  Scarlet  Oaks."  There  is  a  picture  gallery  and  an  extensive  library, 
besides  billiard-rooms,  all  richly  frescoed,  and  wainscoted  with  hard, 
polished  woods.  The  architect,  James  K.  Wilson. 

On  the  left,  the  beautiful  grounds  and  elegant  modern  residence 
of  H.  B.  Bissel,  one  of  Cincinnati's  bankers.     The  views  from  Mr. 


RESIDENCE   OF    HON.    RICHARD   SMITH. 


Bissel's  embrace  all  to  be  seen  from  Shoenberger's,  except  the  near 
side-view  of  the  valley.  The  grounds  are  cultivated  to  the  highest 
point  of  perfection.  On  the  left,  a  short  distance  from  the  road,  with  a 
private  carriage-way  leading  to  it,  the  stately  mansion  of  Wm.  Clifford 
NeflT,  in  grounds  partially  covered  with  forest  timber,  25  acres  in 
extent.  Material,  blue  limestone.  Tower  and  observatory,  85  feet. 
Porte  cochere,19  feet  square.  Interior  main  hall,  15  by  32  feet.  Com- 
mands superb  views. 

On  the  right,  just  at  the  turn  of  the  avenue,  is  the  gate  and  lodge 
to  the  residence  of  Mrs.  R.  B.  Bowler.  This  was  once  the  house  of 
George  II.  Pendleton.  The  scenes  from  here  are  again  nearly  the 
same  as  from  Shoenberger's,  with  the  addition  of  splendid  views  of 


312  KENNY'S  ILL  USTRA  TED  CINCINNA  TI. 


the  Kentucky  hills.  The  building  is  of  brick,  stuccoed,  with  broad 
porches.  The  greenhouses,  ten  in  number,  the  most  extensive  in  Clif- 
ton, are  filled  with  the  richest  native  and  exotic  flowers.  They  in- 
clude 90  varieties  of  camellias,  60  of  begonias,  and  the  sago  palm,  with 
a  trunk  a  foot  in  diameter;  also,  a  splendid  specimen  of  the  century 
plant,  the  Agave  Americana,  the  finest  in  the  country.  The  orchid 
house  contains  the  largest  collection  to  be  found  in  the  United  States. 
There  is  also  a  banana  house  with  eight  banana  trees  in  full  bloom. 
The  grounds  are  covered  with  English  and  Norway  pines,  besides  ash, 
maple,  willow,  English  elm,  Tartarian  maple,  and  varieties  of  the 
linden.  On  the  lake,  which  ornaments  the  grounds,  are  a  pair  of 
black  and  white  swans,  said  to  be  the  oldest  in  the  United  States. 

Turn  to  the  left  into  Ludlow  Avenue.  On  the  left  are  the  resi- 
dence and  extensive  grounds  of  John  Morrison.  The  next  house  of 
importance  on  the  right  is  the  residence  of  Richard  Smith,  Editor  of 
the  Gazette.  It  commands  an  extensive  view,  which  embraces  the 
whole  of  the  finest  portion  of  Clifton.  The  building  is  of  brick,  with 
an  observatory.  Spacious  porticoes  flank  the  house  on  all  sides,  and 
a  beautiful  background  is  formed  by  the  dense  woods.  Pass  Beech- 
wood  Avenue  on  the  right  (the  road  leading  into  Burnet  Woods),  and 
return  to  the  city  down  Vine-street  Hill.  Time,  5  hours. 

DRIVE  NO.  2. 

To  Price's  Hill  and  Mount   St.   Mary's   Seminary,  to  Warsaw,  to  Peter- 
borough, and  Return  by  the  Harrison  Pike. 

THE  Western  Hills  present  the  greatest  variety  of  grand  and  beau- 
tiful scenery.  Immense  stretches  of  woods  and  an  extensive  open 
country,  are  the  principal  features.  Leaving  the  city  completely  in  the 
rear,  the  visitor  loses  its  darkness  and  smoke,  and  along  beautiful 
roads  then  drives  through  a  country  that,  in  its  natural  beauties,  de- 
lights and  refreshes  the  tourist.  This  drive  is  just  the  reverse  of  No. 
1.  In  the  former  art  goes  hand  in  hand  with  nature;  in  this,  nature 
reigns  alone.  This  country  has  only  just  been  made  accessible  to  the 
masses  through  the  erection  of  Price's  Inclined  Plane. 

Directions. — From  the  Post-office  east  on  Fourth  Street  to  Race ; 
up  Race  to  Eighth  Street;  along  Eighth  Street -to  the  Warsaw  Pike, 
below  Mill  Creek;  up  Price's  Hill,  leaving  the  Inclined  Plane  on  the 
left  and  Mount  St.  Mary's  Seminary  on  the  right. 

Mount  St.  Mary's  Seminary  is  built  on  the  highest  ground 
in  the  vicinity  of  Cincinnati,  and  stands  a  little  to  the  north-west  of  the 


314  KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


Inclined  Plane,  and  at  a  much  higher  elevation  above  the  river.  The 
college  is  designed  exclusively  for  the  preparation  of  young  men  for 
the  priesthood,  and  has  already  entered  upon  the  twenty-third  year  of 
its  existence,  with  a  yearly  average  of  130  pupils.  Theology  is,  of 
course,  deeply  and  thoroughly  studied,  but  the  course  of  education  in- 
cludes the  classics,  history,  modern  languages,  mathematics,  and  the 
sciences — almost  every  thing,  in  fact,  that  is  taught  at  Oxford,  at 
Cambridge,  or  at  Harvard.  The  seminary  itself  consists  of  a  center 
building  and  two  wings.  It  is  embowered  in  a  nest  of  beautiful  trees, 
of  Austrian  and  Norway  pines,  of  elm  and  maple  and  walnut  and 
willows  casting  their  broad  shadows  over  the  green  lawns  below. 
High  up  in  a  niche  in  the  south  end  of  the  south  wing  is  placed  an 
image  of  St.  Charles  Borromeo,  the  patron  saint  of  seminaries,  clad  in 
his  priestly  robes.  The  buttresses  and  the  mullioned  windows  are 
very  beautiful  and  in  fine  taste.  Upon  arriving  at  the  grand  eastern 
entrance  to  the  main  building,  the  visitor  is  led  into  a  spacious  hall 
with  a  billiard  room  upon  the  right  and  a  reception  room  upon  the 
left.  The  large  picture  in  the  fatter,  with  its  rich  coloring  and  well 
grouped  figures  representing  Mary  and  the  Babe  and  the  Magi,  was 
painted  by  Father  Pabisch,  the  present  president  of  the  seminary,  and 
to  his  artistic  skill  is  also  due  the  Baptism  of  St.  John,  forming  the 
altar-piece  in  the  chapel.  The  chapel  is  beautiful  with  its  high 
pitched  roof  and  early  English  lancet  windoAvs,  and  large  enough  to 
provide  seats  for  the  seminarists,  the  students,  and  a  number  of  visitors, 
who  frequently  attend  the  masses  upon  Sundays.  Under  the  altar 
are  sacred  relics — the  bones  of  St.  Felicitas — presented  from  Home. 
The  refectory,  the  class-rooms,  the  dormitories  and  the  infirmary  are 
all  large  and  airy,  and  comfortably  if  plainly  furnished. 

The  library  up-stairs,  to  which  all  the  students  under  certain 
rules  have  free  access,  is  one  of  the  glories  not  only  of  the  Seminary, 
but  of  the  country.  It  contains  in  all  the  learned  ancient  and  modern 
languages  a  magnificent  collection  of  about  14,900  volumes,  embraced 
in  a  catalogue  of  426  pages  printed  in  1874,  and  a  supplement  of  24, 
being  the  additions  up  to  1875.  There  is  a  Bible  printed  in  Low 
German  as  long  ago  as  1480,  and  another  in  High  German  in  1483. 
There  is  a  splendid  work  in  French,  "Actes  et  Histoire  du  Concile 
CEcumenique  de  Home,"  in  3  volumes,  embellished  with  portraits  of 
all  the  cardinals  and  the  other  more  distinguished  bishops  and  digni- 
taries who  took  part  in  the  deliberations.  There  is  a  Biblia  Polyglotta 
in  10  large  folio  volumes,  and  Walton's  edition  in  8.  There  are  60 
ponderous  volumes  of  the  complete  "  Acta  Sanctarum,"  the  only  per- 


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feet  copy  in  the  State,  perhaps  in  the  West.  There  are  217  volumes 
of  the  Latin  fathers,  and  nearly  all  the  Greek.  Father  Pabisch  has 
deposited  here  6  unbound  volumes  of  the  "  Catacombs  of  Rome,"  pub- 
lished under  the  direction  of  the  late  French  Imperial  Government, 
and  purchased  at  the  outlay  of  $300  in  gold  for  each.  There  are 
more  than  100  different  editions  of  the-  Bible.  There  are  the  sermons 
of  Peter  Damian  in  manuscript  of  the  Fourteenth  Century;  the 
works  of  all  the  leading  theological  writers  in  English,  Latin,  French, 
and  German;  a  beautiful  collection  of  hagiology,  including  several 
copies  of  Alban  Butler's  "  Lives  of  the  Saints,"  illustrated  works  upon 
art,  history,  poetry,  criticism,  and  travel,  nor  is  even  the  lighter 
literature  altogether  omitted.  In  a  word,  it  is  a  library  of  which  any 
college  in  the  land  might  be  justly  proud,  and  the  cultivated  stranger 
will  long  to  linger  over  its  tables  or  read  and  think  in  one  of  its  seven 
quiet  alcoves. 

The  lofty  roof  of  the  College  is  surmounted  by  a  castellated  bell- 
turret,  from  the  top  of  which,  beyond  all  question,  a  more  magnificent 
view  of  the  city  and  the  surrounding  country  can  be  had  than  from 
any  other  point.  There  are,  indeed,  few  views  in  America  to  equal  it. 
The  eye  of  the  visitor  standing  upon  a  lofty  building  upon  a  lofty  site 
ranges  over  hill  and  dale  dotted  with  homesteads  and  farms,  and 
covered  with  beautiful  trees  and  the  freshest  turf,  while  upon  the 
south  winds  the  noble  Ohio,  and  to  the  east  the  roofs  of  the  busy  city 
are  clustered  under  his  feet.  To  the  north-east,  at  the  distance  of  12 
miles,  is  seen  the  convent  of  Notre  Dame,  and  nearer  the  towers  of  the 
Schutzenfest,  which,  though  erected  upon  a  hill,  appear  almost  under 
the  feet.  On  the  other  side  of  Mill  Creek,  Clifton,  with  its  charming 
landscapes,  St.  Patrick's  Church,  in  Cumminsville,  and  St.  George's, 
on  Vine-street  Hill,  are  plainly  visible.  Eastward  are  seen  Walnut 
Hills,  East  and  West,  and  the  monastery  of  the  Passionist  Fathers 
upon  Mount  Adams,  with  the  whole  valley  of  the  city  proper,  with 
all  its  thousands  of  houses  and  church-spires,  lying  between.  On  the 
•south  and  to  the  south-east  are  the  Suspension  Bridge  and  the  New- 
port Bridge,  spanning  the  river  and  the  two  sister  cities,  with  their 
background  of  tree-covered  hills.  Nearly  due  west,  bathed  perhaps 
in  the  light  of  the  setting  sun,  are  the  walls  of  the  convent  of  Mount 
St.  Vincent,  garlanded  with  woods  and  shrubberies,  and  every-where, 
for  a  stretch  of  nearly  twenty  miles,  clusters  of  trees,  cottages,  and 
villas,  with  crops  gro\ving  in  the  well-cultured  fields  and  cattle  graz- 
ing upon  the  rich  pastures.  Almost  beneath,  to  the  south-east,  are 
the  flag-staff  at  the  top  of  Price's  Hill  and  the  old  home  of  Ephrairn 


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Morgan,  the  old  Quaker  pioneer.  No  visitor  to  Cincinnati  should 
dream  of  leaving  the  city  without  paying  a  visit  to  this  admirable 
seminary,  and  feasting  his  eyes  with  all  the  charms  of  this  unrivaled 
landscape.  If  time  allows,  he  should  stay  till  late  in  the  evening,  to 
witness  the  glorious  sunset,  and  watch  the  effects  of  the  myriads  of 
lamps  gleaming  in  the  distant  streets  and  flashing  along  the  avenues. 
After  leaving  the  seminary  we  pass,  on  the  right,  W.  Blanchard's 
residence,  and  still  on  the  right  Mr.  Hal  Young's  mansion  and 
grounds,  comprising  thirty  acres  of  farm  land,  garden,  and  orchard. 
The  house  is  well  built  and  the  grounds  tastefully  laid  out  Oppo- 
site is  Mrs.  Boyle's  large  stone  mansion  and  grounds  of  twenty 


RESIDENCE   OF    MRS.    BOYLE. 

acres.  It  is  one  of  the  finest  residences  in  the  State.  Next  on  the 
left  is  the  old  homestead  of  Mr.  C.  L.  Moore,  built  twenty-five  years 
ago,  and  a  little  way  on  the  road  branches  out  on  the  left  to  the  St. 
Joseph  Catholic  Cemetery,  a  quarter  of  a  mile  to  the  south.  The  old 
St.  Lawrence  School-house,  now  used  as  a  Catholic  Church,  is  upon 
the  right,  and  opposite  the  residence  and  pretty  grounds  of  Mr.  N.  S. 
Jones.  Adjoining  this,  and  built  at  great  cost  by  Mr.  James  Carson, 
is  the  present  residence  of  Mr.  Charles  Wilder.  Then  comes  a  hamlet 
called  Glen  Grove,  and  then,  on  the  left,  the  Mount  St.  Vincent 
Academy.  The  academy  was  originally  the  private  residence  of  Mr. 
Alderson,  and  called  the  Cedars.  It  then  contained  thirty-three 
acres,  and  since  its  purchase  by  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  on  the  10th 
March,  1857,  twenty  acres  have  been  added.  In  18? 8  a  new  building 
was  commenced  for  scholastic  purposes.  The  pupils  average  eighty- 
five,  and  are  taught  by  the  Sisters  of  the  institute.  The  fundamental 


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principle  is  to  train  a  novitiate,  educated  in  all  the  learning  and 
accomplishments  of  the  present  day,  and  thus  to  form  a  corps  of  com- 
petent teachers.  The  total  cost  of  tuition,  including  board  and  lodg- 
ing, for  the  whole  year,  and  instruction  in  English,  German,  Fancy 
Needlework  and  Vocal  Music,  is  $225.  For  Latin,  Painting  in  oil  or 
water  colors,  Instrumental  Music,  including  the  use  of  the  piano,  etc., 
some  small  extra  charges  are  made.  The  tuition  and  the  care  of  the 
Sisterhood  is  of  the  most  exemplary  and  devoted  character.  The  Sis- 
terhood is  the  Mother-house  of  the  Community,  and  have  under  their 
charge  the  Good  Samaritan  of  Cincinnati,  the  Orphan  Asylum  at 
Cumminsville,  and  the  Foundling  Asylum  of  Avondale.  There  are  also 
twenty  hospitals  and  mission  schools  under  their  control  and  super- 
vision, among  which  are  the  orphan  asylum  and  hospital  at  Santa  Fe, 
New  Mexico. 

From  this  point  to  Warsaw  the  road  descends  gradually  through 
an  undulating,  beautifully  wooded,  country,  with  here  and  there  a 
hamlet.  The  landscape  is  peculiarly  charming  on  all  sides  until 
the  visitor  reaches  Warsaw,  a  village  of  1,000  souls,  about  three 
and  a  half  miles  from  the  Cincinnati  Post-office.  After  a  drive 
of  three-quarter  mile  turn  to  the  right  dov,rn  Lick  Bun  Pike, 
crossing  Warsaw  Pike,  by  well  cultivated  farms  and  picturesque 
scenery.  Then  reach  Petersborough,  a  German  settlement  of  kfty 
souls,  about  two  miles  from  Warsaw.  About  one-third  mile  fur- 
ther enter  the  Harrison  Pike,  near  the  old  Ernst  Station,  now 
called  Brighton,  on  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railroad. 
Then  cross  the  railroad  and  return  home  via  the  M'Lean  Avenue  or 
the  Western  Avenue  to  Freeman  Street,  and  so  return  by  any  of  the 
streets  running  east.  Time,  four  hours. 

DRIVE  NO.  3. 

To  the  Cemetery  of  Spring  Grove. 

FROM  the  Post-office  proceed  west  on  Fourth  to  Race  Street ;  then 
north  on  Race  10  Seventh;  then  west  on  Seventh  to  Mound;  then 
north  to  Eighth;  then  west  on  Eighth  to  Baymiller;  thence  north  to 
Dayton ;  then  west  on  Dayton  to  Freeman,  and  north  to  the  Avenue, 
from  which  Spring  Grove  is  entered.  The  Avenue  is  a  hundred 
feet  in  width,  and  bordered  on  each  side  by  noble  trees,  presenting  a 
long  and  beautiful  vista.  The  center  is  admirably  adapted  both  for 
carriages  and  the  saddle,  and  street-passenger  cars  run  to  and  from 
the  Grove  on  either  hand.  It  is  one  of  the  most  celebrated  drives  in 


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the  neighborhood.  The  organization  of  the  owners  of  the  Cemetery 
of  Spring  Grove  was  begun  on  the  14th  of  April,  1844,  when  a  num- 
ber of  the  leading  citizens  of  Cincinnati  assembled,  and  appointed  a 
committee  to  select  a  site.  The  old  Garrard  farm,  of  160  acres,  was 


chosen,  and  on  the  21st 
of  January  following 
the  Society  was  incor- 
porated. To  place  it 
upon  a  firm  basis,  two 
hundred  citizens  sub- 
scribed one  hundred 
dollars  each,  for  which 
they  were  entitled  to 
select  a  lot  fifty  feet 
square.  In  February,  1845,  in  memory  of  the  springs  and  groves, 
the  farm  was  named  Spring  Grove,  and  consecrated  on  the  28th 
day  of  August,  in  the  same  year.  The  original  design  for  the 
improvement  of  the  grounds  was  prepared  by  the  late  Mr.  John 
Notman,  who  also  planned  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery,  near  Philadelphia; 
but  the  chief,  and  most  characteristic,  improvements  have  been  made 
since  1855.  It  is  from  this  period  that  the  present  lawn-landscape 


THE   AVENUE. 


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319 


style  dates ;  and  within  it  all  the  hedges  and  iron  and  stone  inclosures 
have  been  removed.  Its  green  slopes  and  wooded  levels,  its  stately 
avenues  and  beautiful  monuments,  shrubberies  and  flowers,  now  form 
component  parts  of  one  great  whole,  unobstructed  by  fences,  and 
diversified  by  quiet  lakes.  To  the  original  purchase  434  acres  have 
been  added,  at  a  cost  of  $330,000,  thus  forming  at  once  a  peaceful 


ENTRANCE   TO   SPRING 
GROVE. 


resting  plat\ 
for  the  dead 

and  a  beautiful  park  for  the  living.  During  the 
last  year,  indeed,  more  than  150,000  people  have 
visited  the  grounds,  not  including  those  attendant 
upon  funerals.  For  the  year  ending  September  30, 
1874,  the  total  receipts  were  $55,235.60,  the  expen- 
ditures $52,968.97.  During  the  year,  171  lots,  of  a 
total  area  of  97,033  feet,  were  sold;  155  vault  permits  issued,  and  1,355 
burial  permits.  At  the  same  date,  3,963  single  graves  were  occupied,  and 
994  soldiers'  graves  in  soldiers'  lots.  The  total  interments  were  then 
26,491,  and  the  number  of  lot-holders  6,108.  The  immediate  available 
resources  were  $95,265.63.  The  price  of  the  lots  varies  from  thirty 
cents  to  forty  cents  and  fifty  cents  per  square  foot.  Head-stones  for 
graves,  except  in  special  cases  of  fine  art  work,  are  not  allowed  to  be 
more  than  two  feet  high,  and  trees  and  shrubs  must  be  five  feet  within 


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the  boundary  of  the  lot.  Every  member  of  the  corporation  has  a 
family  ticket,  and  may  introduce  strangers.  Special  tickets  are  issued 
at  the  Secretary's  office,  Pike's  Opera-house.  The  fees  for  opening  and 
closing  a  grave  range  from  $2.50  to  $4.50,  according  to  length;  for  a 
family  vault,  according  to  time;  for  a  brick  grave,  from  $10  to  $20. 
For  depositing  a  body  in  the  public  vault  a  permit  must  be  obtained 
from  the  Secretary's  office.  The  fees  range  from  seventy-five  cents  to 
$1.50,  according  to  age.  No  remains  of  a  person  dying  of  a  contagious 


THE   LAKE    IN    SPRING   GROVE. 


disease  are  admitted  to  this  vault.  The  total  charges  for  a  single  grave 
range  from  $6  for  a  child,  to  $10  for  an  adult. 

The  Secretary's  office,  at  No.  2  Pike's  Opera  building,  closes  at  six 
in  the  evening  from  April  to  October,  and  at  five  for  the  rest  of  the 
year.  The  engravings  illustrate  the  Avenue,  the  Entrance,  the  Lake, 
the  Dexter  Monument,  and  the  residence  of  Sylvester  Hand. 

In  the  Old  World  two  of  the  most  famous  and  largest  cemeteries 
are  the  Pere  la  Chaise,  in  France,  and  the  Groves  at  Scutari,  where 
the  remains  of  tens  of  thousands  of  Mussulmans  lie  buried.  These 
are  now  part  and  parcel  of  history,  for  they  have  entombed  many 
generations.  The  simple  tomb  so  recently  repaired,  where  Abelard 


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321 


and  Eloise  sleep  together,  is  one  of  the  shrines  of  Pere  la  Chaise. 
Upon  the  anniversary  of  the  funeral  thousands  upon  thousands  of 
Parisians  flock  to  the  spot  to  garland  it  with  flowers  and  crowns  of 
immortelles.  The  curators  of  the  grounds  say  that  the  grave  of 
these  lovers  is  almost  the  only  one  which  has  been  visited  and 


THE   DEXTER    MAUSOLEUM. 


mourned  over  and  decorated  \vith  unvarying  constancy  during  all  the 
procession  of  years.  Scores  of  Frenchmen  have  told  the  tale  of  their 
endearments  and  their  griefs,  the  learning  of  Abelard  and  the  piety  of 
Eloise,  and  English  readers  will  find  their  memory  embalmed  in 
Alexander  Pope's  epistle  from  Eloise,  as  passionate  and  pathetic  as 
any  that  Ovid  ever  wrote  for  his  imaginary  heroines.  There  is  a 

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KENNY'S  ILL  USTRA  TED  CINCINNA  TI. 


tomb  similarly  honored  at  Scutari.  It  is  of  the  beautiful  Fatima,  the 
wife  of  a  great  and  wealthy  follower  of  Mohammed,  who  died  in  the 
sixteenth  century.  He  was  a  warrior,  as  Abelard  had  been  a  monk; 
both,  indeed,  had  fought:  the  one  with  the  cimeter  and  the  lance,  the 
other  with  the  weapons  of  the  fiercest  and  sharpest  polemics. 

The  dead  of  Spring  Grove  sleep  under  a  landscape  of  equal  beauty 
with  either  of  these.  Their  names  are  not  so  world-wide  as  those  of 
Eloise  or  Fatima,  but  they,  too,  have  fought  their  fight.  There  are 
among  them  the  bones  of  soldiers  who  fell  for  their  country,  and  the 
dust  of  the  leaders  in  the  mighty  army  of  those  who  have  lead  the 
vanguard  of  peaceful  progress.  The  broad  and  beautiful  Avenue, 
with  its  magnificent  trees,  brings  the  living  and  the  dead  alike  to  the 


RESIDENCE   OF   SYLVESTER    HAND,   ESQ. 

final  abode  of  rest  and  release  from  strife  and  contention,  where  there 
are  laurels  and  roses  for  the  blue,  lilies  and  myrtles  for  the  gray. 
After  generations  have  passed  away,  the  massy  granite,  embedded  in 
green  turf,  shaded  by  trees  then  venerable  with  age,  and  embosomed 
in  flowers,  may  look  down  upon  the  graves  of  many  whose  lives  have 
been  as  romantic,  if  not  so  sad,  as  Eloise's — as  deeply  loved  as 
Fatima's.  Then  some  poet,  like  Pope,  or  some  noble  romancer,  like 
Scott,  will  arise,  and  in  another  Epistle,  or  another  **  Old  Mortality," 
tell  the  tale  of  those  who  are  gone. 

The  engraving  upon  this  page  represents  the  residence  of  Sylvester 
Hand,  Esq.,  at  Wiiiton  Place,  about  a  third  of  a  mile  from  the  en- 
trance to  Spring  Grove. 


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DRIVE  NO.  4. 

West   Walnut   Hills,    Avondale,    Reading    Road    to    Carthage,    Longview 
Asylum,  and  Chester  Driving  Park. 

FROM  the  Post-office  proceed  along  Fourth  Street  to  Broadway; 
by  Broadway  to  Court  Street;  to  the  right,  up  Court,  three  squares,  to 
Gilbert  Avenue;  left  on  Gilbert  Avenue  up  the  hill,  passing  the  main 
entrance  to  Eden  Park,  on  the  right,  near  the  summit.  Continue  on 
avenue  through  West  Walnut  Hills,  passing  Presbyterian  Church  at 
north-west  corner  of  M'Millan  Street,  from  which  point  the  Mont- 
gomery Pike  is  a  continuation  of  Gilbert  Avenue.  Pass  Lane  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  on  the  right,  with  old  residence  of  Lyman  Beecher, 
D.  D.,  one  of  the  early  presidents  of  the  institution.  Pass  a  number 
of  handsome  residences  on  each  side;  keep  to  the  right  after  passing 
toll-gate.  Pass  Two-mile  House,  on  the  left ;  the  handsome  residences 
of  the  Mathers,  on  the  right,  and  the  German  Protestant  Cemetery 
beyond.  This  part  of  the  road  exhibits  fine  views  of  rolling  hills 
in  every  direction,  with  glimpses  of  East  Walnut  Hills  on  the  right, 
[Mount  Auburn,  Clifton,  and  Avondale  on  the  left,  and  of  the  distant 
hills  beyond  Mill  Creek  on  the  north.  Turn  up  Rockdale  Avenue, 
forking  out  from  the  Montgomery  Boad,  to  the  left,  crossing  a  branch 
of  Ross  Run.  Turn  up  Main  Avenue,  Avondale,  to  the  right,  passing 
Avondale  Independent  School  at  the  south-west  corner.  Between 
Forest  Avenue  and  Clinton  Street,  pass,  on  the  left,  the  handsome 
residences  of  John  A.  Pomeroy,  G.  W.  B.  Cleneay,  W.  P.  Wallace,  W. 
F.  Irwin,  Thomas  Maddox,  John  Reid,  Robert  Mitchell,  Miles  Green- 
wood, the  latter  especially  noticeable  for  its  ample  lawn;  pass  the 
new  residence  of  Lewis  Seasongood,  on  the  left,  and  on  the  right  the 
elegant  residence  of  Mrs.  Mann,  Grace  Episcopal  Church,  the  Avon- 
dale  German  Protestant  Cemetery,  and  the  residences  of  T.  R.  Spence, 
C.  S.  Bragg,  A.  O.  Tyler,  and  S.  H.  Burton.  Beyond  these,  on  the 
right,  you  pass  those  of  S.  R.  Burton  and  A.  J.  Redway.  Some  of  the 
largest  and  most  elegant  suburban  residences  of  Cincinnati  line  the 
avenue  here.  From  the  summit  of  the  northern  slope,  in  front  of  the 
property  of  Robert  Mitchell,  a  magnificent  view  is  presented  of  Mill 
Creek  Valley;  Carthage,  with  the  Asylum,  and  the  County  and  City 
Infirmaries,  lie  below  on  the  left  foreground;  and  in  the  plain  on  the 
right  are  Hartwell,  Reading,  and  Lockland.  College  Hill  rises  on 
the  extreme  left,  and  the  range  of  highlands  takes  in  Rolling  Ridge, 
Wyoming,  and  Glendale,  which  crowns  the  summit  at  the  head  of  the 


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valley,  eight  or  nine  miles  away  to  the  right;  and  far  beyond,  the 
finely  cultivated  slopes  and  hills  of  Bufler  County.  Descending  the 
slope,  cross  Ross  Run,  and  pass  under  the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati 
Railroad  bridge.  Pass  the  village  of  Bond  Hill,  and  St.  Aloysius 
Orphan  Asylum,  on  the  left,  and  the  Five-mile  House,  on  the  right. 
A  mile  or  so  beyond  this,  turn  to  the  left  on  the  cross  road  running  to 
Carthage,  and  reach  the  east  entrance  to  Longview  Insane  Asylum,  at 
the  outskirts  of  the  village,  where  a  road  branches  off  on  the  right, 
along  the  banks  of  the  canal,  a  distance  of  two  or  three  squares,  to  the 
entrance  to  Hamilton  County  Infirmary.  On  every  day,  except 
Thursdays  and  Sundays.'visitors  are  admitted  to  the  Asylum  between 
the  hours  of  10  A.  M.  and  4  P.  M.,  and  the  park  is  open  at  all  times. 


ttrfe  \ 


RESIDENCE   OF    ROBERT    MITCHELL,    ESQ. 

From  the  portico  of  the  Asylum  a  beautiful  view  of  Mill  Creek  Valley, 
stretching  from  Winton  Place,  three  miles  below,  on  the  left,  to  Glen- 
dale,  six  miles  to  the  right,  is  presented.  Visitors  are  admitted  to  the 
County  Infirmary  every  day,  except  Sunday,  between  the  hours  of  10 
A.  M.  and  4  P.  M.  From  the  Asylum  gate,  Second  Street  forms  the 
continuation  of  the  road  by  which  Carthage  is  reached.  By  the  route 
taken  this  point  is  about  nine  miles  distant  from  the  Post-office. 
There  is  no  good  resting  place  h'ere,  but  the  horse  may  be  watered,  if 
necessary,  at  the  Ii9tel  on  the  corner  of  Second  Street  and  the  Hamil- 
ton Pike.  The  road  on  the  right  runs  past  the  County  Fair-grounds, 
the  village  of  Hartwell,  the  City  Infirmary,  through  Wyoming,  Park 
Place,  and  Glendale. 

To  return  to  the  city,  turn  down  the  Pike,  at  the  corner  of  Second 
Street,  to  the  left,  passing  the  colored  ward  of  Longview  Asylum,  in 


KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI.  325 


the  large  square  building  on  the  right>  A  drive  of  a  mile  leads  to  the 
Scheutzenplats,  on  the  left,  where  rest  may  be  had  in  the  parlors  or 
on  the  grounds.  The  toll-gate  stands  near  the  entrance,  and  almost 
opposite  is  the  old  Buckeye  Trotting  Park,  once  one  of  the  most 
famous  race-tracks  in  the  country,  but  lately  dismantled  and  cut 
down  for  the  sale  of  gravel  underlying  its  turf.  Ludlow  Grove  and 
the  village  of  St.  Bernard,  with  its  densely  populated  hill-top  Ceme- 
tery, are  passed  on  the  left.  Adjoining  the  grove  is  the  site  of  old 
Ludlow  Station,  a  pioneer  fortification,  which  was  the  scene  of  several 
battles  between  the  settlers  and  the  Indians  about  the  close  of  the  last 
and  the  beginning  of  the  present  century.  From  Carthage  down  to 
Cumminsville  the  road  runs  parallel,  and  in  close  proximity,  to  the 
C.,  C.,  C.  and  I.  Railroad.  From  Mill  Creek  bridge  down,  the  road  is 
known  as  Spring  Grove  Avenue.  Soon  after  crossing  the  bridge,  pass 
the  new  Chester  Driving  Park,  Harrison's  Spring  Lake  House  (a 
pleasant  hotel  and  restaurant),  the  village  of  Winton  Place,  and 
Spring  Grove  Cemetery,  on  the  right.  Crossing  the  north  corporation 
line  of  Cincinnati  at  the  toll-gate,  keeping  to  the  left  on  reaching 
Cumminsville,  drive  down  the  main  street  until  Mill  Creek  is  reached. 
Here  you  take  either  the  first  bridge,  and  reach  the  city  via  the  Cole- 
rain  Pike,  or  the  second,  via  Spring  Grove  Avenue/  The  Colerain 
Pike  is  somewhat  shorter,  is  laid  on  a  higher  grade,  and  is  less  fre- 
quented. By  this  road  pass  the  House  of  Eefuge,  a  large  and  neat 
stone  building  on  the  left,  devoted  to  the  training  of  refractory  chil- 
dren. Strangers  admitted  every  day,  except  Saturday  afternoons  and 
Sundays.  Adjoining  this,  is  the  Cincinnati  Work-house,  a  large  red 
brick  building,  fronting  also  on  the  pike.  Visitors  are  admitted  every 
day,  except  Saturdays  and  Sundays.  Camp  Washington,  the  section 
through  which  the  road  here  passes,  is  the  site  of  the  old  rendezvous 
camp  of  that  name,  established  during  the  Mexican  war.  At  the  foot 
of  the  Colerain  Pike  turn  to  the  left  one  square,  to  Freeman  Street; 
thence  to  the  right,  and  on  the  Nicholson  pavement,  passing  Lincoln 
Park,  on  the  right,  down  to  Seventh  Street;  thence  by  the  left  to 
Vine  Street,  and  thence  by  the  right  back  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

This  drive,  therefore,  carries  the  visitor  past  many  of  the  public 
institutions  of  the  city  and  county,  and  if  time  permits,  the  Carthage 
Lunatic  Asylum  should  be  carefully  examined.  It  stands  in  the 
midst  of  beautiful  grounds,  and  the  officers  are  always  ready  to  give 
any  information  to  the  proper  applicant.  The  Asylum  contains  hand- 
some rooms  for  pay-patients,  and  commodious  wards  and  apartments 
for  those  detained  at  the  public  expense. 


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DRIVE  NO.  5. 

To   College    Hill   and   Return   by  Clifton,   Walnut   Hills,   Mount   Auburn, 
and- the  Reading  Road. 

COLLEGE  HILL  stands  on  a  conspicuous  eminence  on  the  north- 
west of  the  city,  and  was  settled  in  1855.  It  reveals,  from  various 
points,  views  highly  picturesque,  and  in  some  places  almost  rivaling 
mountain  regions  in  beauty  and  extent.  It  has  many  elegant  resi- 
dences with  highly  cultivated  grounds,  and  is  in  every  respect  one  of 
the  most  charming  of  Summer  retreats.  The  return  drive  passes 
the  horseshoe  bend,  with  steep,  grassy  slopes  and  a  deep  valley,  whose 
high  tree-tops  are  many  feet  below  the  level  of  the  road,  a  real  Swiss 
scene.  The  road  commands  for  its  entire  length  a  series  of  beautiful 
views.  The  drive  is  recommended  as  one  embracing  eminently  char- 
acteristic scenes  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  the  city.  The 
grade  for  the  entire  distance  is  easy  and  the  roads  are  good. 

Directions. — From  Post-office  proceed  west  on  Fourth  Street, 
pass  Grand  Hotel  on  the  left,  and  succession  of  fine  private  residences 
right  and  left.  At  Wood  Street  turn  to  the  right,  passing  Cincinnati, 
Hamilton,  and  Dayton  Depot  on  the  left  and  Woodrow  &  M'Parlan's 
extensive  saw  works  on  the  right.  Turn  to  the  right  into  Baymiller 
Street,  passing  M.  Clements's  iron  foundry  on  the  right  and  round- 
house of  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton,  and  Dayton  on  the  left.  Turn  to 
the  left  into  George  Street,  passing  workshops  of  Cincinnati,  Hamil- 
ton, and  Dayton  Railroad  on  the  left.  Turn  to  the  right  into  Free- 
man Street.  Pass  Relief  Steam  Fire  Company's  engine  house  on  the 
right.  After  crossing  Hopkins  Street,  Lincoln  Park,  on  the  left, 
small  but  always  beautiful,  with  exquisite  little  lake.  On  the  high 
ground  to  the  left,  beautifully  situated,  the  residence  of  J.  W.  Gosling, 
the  carriage  builder.  At  the  corner  of  Liberty  Street,  on  the  left,  is 
the  drug-store  of  Mr.  Karrman,  who  owns  the  largest  collection  of 
finest  engravings,  of  all  dates,  in  the  West.  We  now  pass  a  continu- 
ous line  of  small,  neat  private  residences  on  right  and  left.  Turn  to 
the  left  into  Dayton  Street.  This  is  the  extreme  western  end  of  the 
most  fashionable  street  in  the  west  end.  Turn  to  the  right  into  West- 
ern Avenue.  Turn  to  the  right  into  M'Lean  Avenue.  Here  are  fine 
views  of  the  newest  part  of  Cincinnati  and  of  the  great  hills  that 
surround  the  city  on  right  and  left.  Cross  Harrison  Avenue  into 
Spring  Grove  Avenue. 

From  this  point  the  street  cars  start  for  Cumminsville  and  Spring 
Grove  Cemetery.  There  is  a  street  passenger  railway  track  on  both 


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sides  of  the  avenue,  which  is  lined  with  trees  the  entire  distance  to 
Spring  Grove.  On  the  right,  small  brick  Blanchard  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Mission  Church.  On  the  left,  on  high  hill,  springing  boldly  over  the 
crest  of  beautiful  woods,  the  Schlitzenfest  building  (now  an  inebriate 
,  asylum).  On  the  right,  pass  Half-way  House.  When  the  avenue 
sweeps  to  the  left  on  the  right,  on  a  hill,  is  the  old  homestead  of  the 
Hopple  family.  The  avenue  sweeps  to  the  right  to  toll-gate.  Pass 
through  toll-gate  on  the  right.  On  the  left,  Avenue  Hotel  and  Stock- 
yards. Very  extensive.  A  little  further  on  are  the  large  new  pork 
houses,  erecting  at  a  cost  of  over  half  a  million  of  dollars.  Pass  under 
the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  bridge.  Pass  over  wooden  covered 
bridge  across  Mill  Creek.  Enter  Cumminsville.  At  both  sides  beer 
and  wine  gardens.  Pass  Mill  Creek  House  on  the  left.  At  this  point 
passengers  by  the  street  cars  change  cars  for  Spring  Grove  Cemetery. 
At  HofFner  Street  turn  to  the  left,  cross  the  track  of  the  Cincinnati, 
Hamilton,  and  Dayton  Railroad.  On  the  left,  the  handsome  house 
and  grounds  studded  with  statuary  of  Mr.  Jacob  HofFner.  On  the  left, 
St.  Patrick's  Roman  Catholic  Church.  On  the  hill  on  the  right  pass 
the  finely  located  cottage  of  Mr.  James  M'Macken.  Pass  through  toll- 
gate.  On  the  left,  beautiful  woods,  in  Summer  time  alive  with  birds., 
known  as  the  Tanglewood,  with  handsome  creek  meandering  through 
the  valley.  On  the  hill-side,  on  the  right,  is  the  comfortable  resi- 
dence of  I.  N.  Laboyteaux,  Esq.,  surrounded  by  primitive  woods. 
Grounds,  63  acres  in  extent,  with  superb  views  on  all  sides.  The 
house  is  octagonal,  with  a  proportionate  number  of  gables,  and  prob- 
ably the  only  house  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States.  Each  gable  has 
its  own  special  balcony,  and  the  columns  supporting  them  all  rest 
upon  a  porch  extending  round  the  whole  house,  and  measuring  232 
feet.  The  room  in  the  center  of  the  hall  is  28  feet  square.  The  view 
from  the  windows  embraces  Montgomery,  Pleasant  Ridge,  Bond  Hill, 
Madisonville,  Mount  Lookout,  Avondale,  Walnut  Hills,  Mount 
Auburn,  Clifton,  the  West  End  of  the  City,  West  Wood,  and  Cheviot. 
On  the  le*t,  with  low  stone  wall  surrounding  the  grounds,  the  hand- 
some residence  of  J.  M.  Wilson.  Adjoining  it  the  beautiful  home 
of  S.  F.  Cary,  with  fine  lawn  and  grounds.  Pass  on  the  left  Grace  . 
Episcopal  Church,  of  College  Hill,  erected  in  1867.  Cost,  $16,000. 

Here,  on  Hamilton  Avenue,  College  Hill  commences.  Opposite 
the  church  the  fine  residence  and  grounds  of  D.  B.  Pierson.  On  the 
right,  the  homestead  of  Mrs.  Fisher,  mother  of  the  late  S.  S.  Fisher, 
the  noted  patent  lawyer.  On  the  right,  the  comfortable  home  of  Mrs. 
Pyle  and  Miss  Wilson.  On  the  left,  the  most  prominent  mansion  in 


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College  IJill,  the  residence  of  J.  G.  Holenshade.  Directly  opposite, 
and  back  from  the  road,  the  Sanitarium,  late  an  extensive  female 
college ;  on  the  left,  at  the  corner  of  Laurel  Avenue,  the  fine  residence 
and  exquisitely  cultivated  grounds  of  John  R.  Davey,  of  the  firm  of 
AVilson,  Hinkle  &  Co.,  the  great  school-book  publishers.  These 


SCENE   NEAR   THE   RESIDENCE   OF  J.    N.    LABOYTEAUX,  ESQ. 

grounds  are  possibly  the  most  beautiful  in  the  county.  The  grapery 
is  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  length.  The  greenhouse  filled  with 
rare  exotics.  Four  varieties  of  banana-trees.  On  the  left  of  the 
house  a  beautiful  lake,  filled  with-water  fowl.  More  than  a  mile  of 
gravel  walks,  with  rich  flower-beds  on  the  borders,  wind  through  the 
grounds.  Turn  to  the  left  into  Laurel  Avenue,  passing  Mr.  Davey's 


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residence  on  the  right.  A  short  distance  on  the  left  stands,  conspicu- 
ously, the  Farmers'  College,  an  institution  known  throughout  Ohio 
for  thirty  years.  The  average  number  of  pupils  about  seventy-five. 
On  the  right,  and  on  this  side  of  the  college,  the  handsome  residence 
and  fine  grounds  of  Robert  Simpson,  the  agent  of  the  Mutual  Benefit 
Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey.  On  Colerain 
Avenue,  north  of  this  point,  are  the  comfortable  residences  with  com- 
manding views  of  'Capt.  Tweed  and  Daniel  M'Millan,  Esq.,  and  on 
Highland  Avenue  the  elegant  homestead  •  and  farm  of  Mr.  W.  C. 
Huntington. 

Turn  back  same  avenue  to  the  residence  of  Mr.  Davey.  Cross 
Hamilton  Avenue  and  pass  the  Sanitarium  grounds  on  the  right,  and 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  on  the  left.  Church  erected  in  1860. 
The  spire  is  the  prominent  object  of  the  village.  Proceed  along  the 
Laurel  Avenue  and  Groesbeck  Road.  The  drive  along  this  road  to 
Cumminsville  is  very  beautiful.  About  a  mile  from  College  Hill  the 
part  of  the  road  known  as  the  Horseshoe  is  passed.  The  scene  at  this 
point  is  superb.  The  deep  valley  on  the  left,  and  the  high  hills  be- 
yond, reflecting  every  variety  of  light  and  shade.  Farther  on,  the 
residence  of  Col.  Crane,  handsomely  situated  on  the  side  of  a  hill 
on  the  right.  Cross  the  track  of  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton,  and 
Dayton  Railroad,  turn  to  the  right  into  Spring  Grove  Avenue  at 
Cumminsville.  Turn  to  the  left  into  Ludlow  Avenue,  and  im- 
mediately after  cross  Mill  Creek  on  covered  wooden  bridge.  Pass 
Dodsworth's  distillery  on  the  left.  Cross  Marietta  Railroad  track. 
Pass  Mill  Creek  Valley  Distillery  on  the  right.  Cross  the  Miami 
Canal  over  new  iron  bridge.  Mrs.  Bowler's  estate  on  eminence  on  the 
left.  Pass  Lafayette  Avenue  on  the  left.  On  the  left  the  spacious, 
elegant  grounds  and  fine  residence  of  Mr.  John  Morrison.  Shortly 
after,  on  the  right,  the  fine  residence  of  Richard  Smith,  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati Gazette. 

The  first  avenue  met  on  the  right  is  Beech  Wood  Avenue,  the 
entrance  to  the  Burnet  Woods  Park.  Turn  to  the  right  into  Wash- 
ington Street,  Walnut  Hills.  Turn  to  the  left  into  Auburn  Avenue, 
Mount  Auburn.  Pass  Mount  Auburn  water  works  on  the  right,  and 
Mount  Auburn  Presbyterian  Church  on  the  left.  Proceed  along 
Auburn  Avenue.  The  two  most  prominent  houses  on  Mount  Auburn 
are  on  the  crest  of  the  avenue.  The  fine  square  house  on  the  right 
corner  of  Summit  Avenue  is  the  residence  of  M.  M.  White.  The  one 
on  the  left,  immediately  opposite  to  it,  is  the  residence  of  A.  H. 
Hinkle.  On  •  the  right,  after  passing  the  avenue,  the  Cincinnati 


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Orphan  Asylum.  Turn  to  the  left  on  the  second  avenue,  you.meet, 
after  passing  this  point  to  go  to  the  Beading  Road,  several  small  but 
very  handsome  residences  on  the  right  of  the  avenue.  Turn  to  the 
right  into  the  Heading  Koad,  view  of  Eden  Park  on  the  left,  and 
Mount  Auburn  on  the  right,  with  fine  views  in  front.  On  the  right  the 
Mount  Auburn  water  works  pumping  engine  house.  Turn  to  left  into 
Broadway.  Turn  to  the  right  into  Court  Street.  Full  view  of  County 
Jail  directly  in  front.  Cross  the  canal  on  iron  bridge  and  turn  to  the 
right  up  one  square  on  Sycamore.  Street.  Turn  to  the  left,  with  north 
side  of  Court  House  on  left.  Turn  to  the  left  into  Main  Street,  pass- 
ing the  Court  House  building,  one  of  the  finest  public  structures  in 
the  city.  Cost  of  building,  $500,000.  Along  Main  to  Fifth  Street. 
Pass  along  on  Fifth  Street,  on  the  right  the  new  Government  Building 
(erecting)  and  Tyler  Davidson  Fountain.  Time,  allowing  for  all  o.r- 
dinary  delays,  five  hours. 

DRIVE  NO.  6. 
To  Fair-mount,  Westwood,  Werk's  Wine  Cellar,  Cheviot,  and  Mount  Airy. 

FROM  the  Post-office  proceed  up  Vine  Street  to  its  intersection 
with  the  Hamilton  Road,  down  the  Hamilton  Road  to  the  left,  passing 
the  site  of  the  new  Cincinnati  University  .on  the  right,  near  the  head 
of  Elm  Street.  Cross  Mohawk  Bridge  to  Central  Avenue,  and  con- 
tinue in  the  same  direction  down  the  Harrison  Avenue,  a  continuation 
of  Central  Avenue,  to  Mill  Creek  Bridge,  at  Brighton  Station  on  the 
M.  &  C.,  C.,  C.,  C.  &  L,  and  C.,  H.  &  D.  Railroads.  Crossing  the 
bridge,  take  the  Harrison  Pike,  branching  off  on  the  right,  and  follow 
its  general  trend  in  that  direction.  Pass  Fairmount  Woolen  Mills  on 
the  right,  at  the  junction  of  the  Harrison  and  Lick  Run  Turnpikes. 
Follow  the  road  up  the  slope  of  Fairmount.  Near  the  summit  the 
road  bends  sharply  to  the  right,  round  the  brow  of  a  bluff  overlooking 
the  villages  of  St.  Peters  and  Forbusville,  affording  fine  views  of  Lick 
Run  Valley,  extending  some  miles  to  the  right,  and  of  the  city. 
Mount  St.  Mary's  Theological  Seminary  can  be  seen  on  the  ridge 
in  the  center.  West  Fairmount  is  reached  at  the  summit,  where  the 
central  avenue  of  the  hill  extends  on  the  right  to  the  old  Fairmount 
Military  Academy,  more  recently  used  as  a  shooting  park.  (The  ex- 
tension of  this  avenue,  across  the  hill,  through  Mill  Creek  Valley,  and 
up  the  Clifton  Hill  to  a  point  where  it  will  be  continued  in  M'Millan 
Street,  and  thus  form  an  undeviating  line  from  the  extreme  east  to 
the  extreme  west  end  of  Cincinnati,  is  contemplated.)  ,  Continue  on 


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the  Harrison  Pike,  pass  the  toll-gate,  through  West  Fairmount  with 
its  pleasant  private  residences,  and  along  the  ridge  through  a  beauti- 
ful country.  Two  or  three  restaurant  gardens,  situated  at  either  side 
of  the  road,  offer  refreshments,  the  chief  characteristic  of  which  is 
native  wine,  grown,  pressed,  and  bottled  on  the  premises.  In  the 
midst  of  the  vine-covered  slopes  which  now  loom  into  view,  is  the 
handsome  residence  of  M.  Werk,  the  most  extensive  wine  grower  in 
the  Ohio  Valley,  and  directly  back  of  the  dwelling-house  is  a  large 
frame  building  covering  the  wine  cellar. 

Half  a  mile  beyond  lies  the  pretty  little  country  village  of  Cheviot. 
Turn  down  the  second  street,  at  the  hotel  corner,  to  the  right,  passing 
Green  Township  Harvest  Home  Park  on  the  left,  and  cross  the  West 
Fork  Turnpike.  Take  the  Mud  Road,  forming  a  continuation  of  the 
road  traveled  over,  a  quarter  of  a  mile  beyond,  turn  to  the  right,  and 
where  the  index  points  east.  Follow  this  road  a.  mile  and  a  half  to 
Mount  Airy,  and  turn  to  the  right  into  the  Colerain  Pike.  From  two 
or  three  points  in  the  village,  and  especially  from  the  road  opposite 
the  handsome  brick. dwelling  of  W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  the  drug  manufac- 
turer, fine  views  abound.  From  the  tower  surmounting  the  dwelling 
a  view  of  scarcely  equaled  beauty  and  range  is  presented.  At  the 
foot  of  the  hill  pass  through  the  village  of  Hameltown  and  into  the 
Twenty -fifth  Ward  of  the  city.  Turn  to  the  right  at  the  Wesley  an 
Cemetery,  and  continue  to  the  city  from  Mill  Creek  bridges,  either  by 
the  Colerain  Pike  or  Spring  Grove  Avenue. 

DRIVE  NO.  7. 

To  Eden  Park  via  Gilbert  Avenue— The  Great  Reservoirs- The  Casino- 
Through  Walnut  Hills  and  Woodburn— Along  the  Grandin  Road — 
Return  Through  Walnut  Hills  and  Mount  Auburn. 

THIS  drive  presents  many  fine  landscape  views  in  the  neighborhood 
of  the  city,  and  reveals  the  picturesque  scenes  bordering  on  the  cele- 
brated Eden  Park.  The  high  hills  are  in  many  places  crowned  with 
buildings  that  remind  the  traveler  of  scenes  in  foreign  lands,  while 
pleasure  gardens,  handsome  streets,  and  fertile  districts  alternate 
agreeably,  and  keep  alive  the  interest  of  the  visitor. 

Directions. — From  the  Post-office  proceed  eastward  on  Fourth 
Street  to  Broadway ;  turn  to  the  left,  along  Broadway,  to  Court  Street. 
At  this  point,  right  in  front,  is  seen  the  site  of  the  old  Observatory  on 
Mount  Adams.  The  tall  brick  building  with  chimney  is  the  Mount 
Adams  Inclined  Plane  Engine-house.  The  building  a  short  distance 
below  it  is  Diehl's  pyrotechnic  factory,  the  only  establishment  of  the 


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kind  in  Cincinnati.  Proceed  along  Gilbert  Avenue.  This  new  avenue 
is  eighty  feet  wide  its  entire  length,  with  a  double  street-railroad  track 
in  the  center  running  to  Walnut  Hills  and  the  country  beyond,  and  a 
carriage-way  on  either  side.  The  deep  ravine  to  the  left  is  Deercreek 
Valley,  formerly  the  principal  seat  of  hog  slaughtering  in  the  city, 
but  now  being  filled  up.  The  high  hills  on  the  right  form  the  western 
boundary  of  Eden  Park.  From  this  avenue  there  is  a  splendid  view 
of  the  high  hills  of  Mount  Auburn  on  the  left  (elevation,  300  feet). 
Over  the  hill  to  the  north-west'is  seen  the  spire  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Mount  Auburn,  and  at  the  base  of  the  western  hills  the 
engine-house  from  which  the  water  is  pumped  into  the  Mount  Auburn 
reservoir,  from  which  the  fountain  on  Fifth  Street  is  supplied.  Turn 
to  the  right  to  Eden  Park.  Before  reaching  the  grand  entrance  the 
visitor  will  observe  a  magnificent  panoramic  view  of  the  Kentucky 
hills  in  the  distance.  Pass  under  the  arched  entrance  and  keep  to  the 
right,  leaving  the  grand  lake-like  reservoir,  and  the  little  deer  park, 
on  the  left.  From  this  point,  upon  the  summit  of  the  highest  hill  in 
the  park,  at  an  elevation  of  420  feet  above  the  level  of  the  river,  with 
its  outlines  sharply  defined,  stands  the  house  called  the  "  Casino,"  but 
by  some  the  "Shelter,"  and  by  others  the  "Weather  House."  The 
road  now  sweeps  in  graceful  curve  completely  round  the  hill,  bringing 
the  visitor  to  the  front  door  of  the  Casino,  revealing  on  the  way  superb 
views  of  the  whole  surrounding  country,  embracing  the  eastern  portion 
of  the  city,  the  river,  Covington,  Newport,  and  the  hills  and  dales  and 
wooded  heights  of  Kentucky.  Mount  Adams,  which,  a  short  time 
ago,  seemed  so  far  off1,  is  now  close  at  hand.  For  extent  and  beauty, 
the  scenes  now  unfolded  before  the  eyes  of  the  spectator  can  not  be 
surpassed.  The  exquisite  suburbs  of  Cincinnati  are  visible  in  every 
direction.  In  the  still  evening  hour  the  mellowed  chimes  from  many 
a  steeple  in  the  city  beneath  float  up  through  the  air  like  the  sound 
of  distant  music  upon  the  waters.  With  all  the  emerald  verdure  of 
the  turf  at  his  feet,  with  the  green  foliage  of  the  trees  all  around  him, 
and  the  sheen  of  the  water,  lit  up  by  the  setting  sun,  the  traveler,  as 
he  wanders  through  these  lovely  walks,  might  easily  exclaim,  in  the 
words  of  Pope : 

"  I  seem  through  consecrated  walks  to  rove ; 
I  hear  soft  music  die  along  the  grove : 
Led  by  the  sound,  I  roam  from  shade  to  shade, 
By  godlike  poets  venerable  made ;" 

And  then,  as  again  and  again,  clearly  and  distinctly,  the  sweet  church 
bells  ring  out  above  the  busy  city,  with  its  restless,  swarming  thou- 


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sands,  how  easily  might  he  fancy  himself  in  some  great  temple  of 
native,  and  how  readily  might  Father  Front's  spirited  verses  rise  up 
in  his  recollection : 

"  I  've  heard  bells  chiming 
Full  many  n  clime  in 
Tolling  sublime  in 

Cathedral  shrine, 
While  at  a  glib  rate, 
Brass  tongues  would  vibrate; 
But  all  their  music 

Spoke  naught  like  thine." 

The  view  from  this  point  eastward  is  considered  the  finest,  showing, 
as  it  does,  the  grand  bend  of  the  river,  the  villages  of  Dayton  and 
Bellevue  on  the  other  side  of  the  river,  with  Columbia  upon  this  side, 
with  la  belle  riviere  gleaming  between.  The  trees,  scattered  either 
singly  or  in  clusters  over  the  grounds,  comprise  elm,  maple,  larch, 
beech,  the  sugar  tree  and  numerous  evergreens.  The  Casino  itself  is 
of  cut  stone,  finished  in  rubble  work,  one  story  high,  with  gabled 
roof.  The  interior  is  decorated  with  colored  woods.  No  refreshments 
are  provided,  but  a  supply  of  ice  water  is  kept  during  the.  Spring, 
Summer,  and  Autumn  months,  and  there  are  several  toilet  apart- 
ments for  ladies  and  gentlemen.  The  road  leading  from  the  Casino 
brings  the  visitor  back  to  the  point  where  he  turned  to  the  left  upon 
entering. 

Proceed  along  the  avenue  to  the  right,  passing  the  Band  Pavilion 
on  the  right.  Farther  on  is  the  Summer  House,  also  on  the  right. 
Pass  under  a  large  wooden  bridge,  which,  when  completed,  will  take 
the  visitor  into  Park  Avenue,  but  must  now  be  reached  by  Kem- 
per  Lane,  leaving  the  Episcopal  Church  of  the  Advent  still  on  the 
right.  Turn  again  to  the  right,  on  Macmillan  Street,  cross  Park 
Avenue,  which,  when  completed,  will  be  one  of  the  finest  in  the  city. 

We  are  now  on  Walnut  Hills,  with  the  Methodist  Church  on  the 
right.  Adjoining  the  church  is  the  old  Kemper  homestead.  A  little 
farther,  on  the  right,  are  four  of  the  handsomest  residences  on  Walnut 
Hills,  each  surrounded  by  pleasant  lawns  and  belonging  respectively 
to  J.  W.  Cotteral,  William  Sumner,  John  Simpkinson,  and  C.  H. 
Gould,  of  Gould,  Pierce  &  Co.  (For  superb  views  of  the  river  turn 
down  the  first  avenue  to  the  right,  a  short  distance  to  the  bluff  on  the 
banks  of  the  Ohio,  with  the  residence  of  August  Wessell  beautifully 
situated  on  the  left.)  We  now  re-enter  the  main  road,  turning  to  the 
right  and  driving  down  the  avenue.  Take  the  next  turning  to  the  left 
into  Church  Street,  Woodburn,  where  is  a  fine  view  of  the  river  and 


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the  Kentucky  hills.  We  are  now  in  Woodburn,  with  the  St.  Francis 
Roman  Catholic  Church  upon  the  left,  where  we  turn  into  Hickberry 
Street,  passing  on  the  right  the  peculiarly  built  residence  of  Mr. 
Korff,  ornamented  with  a  square  tower  and  public  clock. 

Turn  to  the  right  into  the  Madisonville  Turnpike,  through  the 
toll-gate,  leaving  on  the  right  the  residence  of  Judge  Hondly  and  on 
the  left  the  extensive  grounds  and  mansion  of  W.  W.  Scarborough. 
Further  on  the  right  is  Mr,  Baker's  fine  stone  mansion,/ in  the  center 
of  a  beautiful  lawn,  with  a  background  of  indigenous  forest-trees. 
Turn  to  the  right  into  Grandin  Road,  with  Mr.  Hord's  fine  residence 
on  the  right,  now  occupied  by  the  Sisters  of  Mercy.  The  Grandin 
Road  is  celebrated  for  its  numerous  and  beautiful  views.  From 
either  side  the  landscape  is  lovely  along  its  whole  length  and  thickly 
dotted  with  cottages  and  gardens,  bright  with  many-colored  flowers. 
Nearly  at  the  extreme  eastern  limit  of  this  avenue  is  the  residence 
and  grounds  of  Joseph  Longworth.  The  house,  which  is  nearly  in 
the  center  of  the  grounds,  is  approached  by  a  carriage-way  winding 
beneath  the  shade  of  beautiful  trees.  The  art  gallery,  which  is  lighted 
exclusively  from  the  roof,  is  filled  with  a  collection  of  paintings 
chiefly  of  the  German  school,  unequaled  in  the  West.  The  gallery 
embraces  some  of  the  most  valuable  Achenbachs  in  existence,  and 
about  a  year  ago  the  latest  and  best  Knaus,  of  Dusseldorf,  "Old  Age 
and  Childhood,"  was  added.  The  last  residence  on  the  Grandin  Road 
is  that  of  Si  Keck,  Esq.  Its  site  is  one  of  the  best' in  the  suburbs. 

Having  thus  completed  his  drive,  the  visitor  will  return  through 
the  village  of  Walnut  Hills,  and  crossing  Gilbert  Avenue,  will  follow 
M'Millan  Street  to  May  Street;  thence  two  squares  to  June  Street; 
thence  two  squares  on  the  Lebanon  Road  to  Oak  Street ;  thence 
to  Auburn  Avenue,  through  Auburn  Avenue,  and  down  Sycamore 
Street  Hill  to  the  city. 

DRIVE  NO.  8. 
To  Covington,  Latonia  Springs,  and  the  Lexington  Pike. 

PROCEED  from  the  Post-office  down  Vine  Street,  and  across  the 
Suspension  Bridge.  Turn  to  the  right  on  Second  Street  to  Scott;  left 
on  Scott  to  Third;  right  on  Third  to  Madison,  and  left  on  Madison 
through  the  business  portion  of  Covington.  Pass  Covington  Stock- 
yards, on  the  right.  The  principal  trade  of  these  stock-yards 
is  in  fine  cattle,  from  the  famous  Blue  Grass  Region  of  Kentucky, 
for  the  Eastern  market.  Last  year  28,264  head  of  cattle  were 


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sold  here;  and  30,951  shipped,  through ;  108,384  hogs  were  sold; 
50,073  sheep  were  sold,  and  19,821  shipped  through.  Continue  on 
Madison  Street  past  the  Star  Base-ball  Grounds,  on  the  left,  and 
through  the  toll-gate,  beyond  which  the  street  merges  into  the  Inde- 
pendence Pike.  The  large  and  elegant  turreted  dwelling  of  red  brick, 
.surrounded  by  spacious  and  handsome  grounds,  is  "Holmesdale,"  the 
Summer  residence  of  Mr.  D.  H.  Holmes,  of  New  Orleans.  A  short 
distance  further  on  the  road  ascends ^the  eastern  slope  of  the  ridge, 
from  the  point  of  which,  at  the  curve,  a  beautiful  view  is  afforded  of 
the  Licking  River  and  bluff  banks  on  the  east  side.  Keep  on  the 
turnpike  through  its  various  windings  at  the  foot  of  the  hill,  passing 
many  pleasant  suburban  residences,  on  the  right.  Keach  Latonia 
Springs,  on  the  left,  at  a  distance  of  about  four  miles  south  of  the 
Ohio  River.  Of  the  four  springs  at  this  place,  two  are  composed 
largely  of  magnesia,  one  of  iron,  and  the  other  of  sulphur;  grounds 
sixty  or  seventy  acres  in  extent,  of  great  natural  beauty,  are  attached 
to  the  hotel.  The  hills  here  remind  one  of  the  Green  Mountains  of 
New  England.  There  are  mineral  baths,  bowling-alleys,  a  ball-room, 
and  other  accessories  of  a  Summer  resort,  and  accommodations  for 
Summer  boarders.  It  is  now  a  favorite  resort  of  social  clubs  in  Cov- 
ington  and  Newport.  Under  new  management  the  establishment  is 
undergoing  a  general  improvement.  If  you  wish  to  extend  the  drive, 
you  may  continue  along  the  pike  half  a  mile  to  the  village  of  San- 
fordtown,  and  turn  to  the  right,  up  the  hill,  by  the  Dudley  Road,  at 
the  first  corner.  From  the  hill,  a  valley  view  of  unexpected  beauty  is 
presented.  Follow  the  road  in  its  general  trend  to  the  right,  and  at  a 
distance  of  about  two  miles  from  the  hill-top  strike  the  Lexington 
Turnpike.  Three  miles  to  the  left,  on  this  pike,  is  the  Florence  Fair- 
ground. Turn  to  the  right,  for  Cincinnati,  and  continue  through  a 
rich  agricultural  country,  and  past  pleasant  farm  and  suburban  resi- 
dences. Pass,  at  the  hill  on  the  left,  some  of  the  large  fortifications 
which  stand  as  monuments  to  the  Kirby  Smith  and  Morgan  raids, 
against  Cincinnati,  in  1862  and  1863.  At  the  Look-house  Lager-beer 
Garden,  on  the  brow  of  the  hill,  two  and  a  half  miles  from  Cincin- 
nati, a  grand  panorama  of  the  city  and  hills  is  exhibited.  Continue 
down  the  hill,  through  Lewisburg,  along  Pike  Street  to  Main,  where 
you  can  either  take  the  ferry  running  to  the  foot  of  Central  Avenue, 
or  continue  on  to  Madison  Street,  Covington,  and,  via  the  Suspension 
Bridge,  back  to  the  Post-office.  The  characteristics  of  this  drive 
present  striking  contrasts  to  those  described  on  this  side  of  the 
river.  (The  tolls  for  a  hack  on  this  drive  is  one  dollar.) 


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OTHER   DRIVES. 

BESIDES  the  Drives  particularly  described,  there  are  many  others 
not  less  interesting  or  beautiful;  besides  the  residences  shown  in  the 
engravings,  there  are  many  others  as  fine,  if  not  finer.  Indeed,  there 
has  been  great  difficulty  in  fully  representing  any  special  locality, 
and  any  description  must  fall  short  of  the  reality. 

There  are  many  sub- 
stantial and  comfortable 
but  not  showy  houses  that 
line  the  various  cross  ave- 
nues of  most  of  the  suburbs 
that  the  general  tourist  may 
not  see  at  all  unless  his 
stay  is  protracted.  Of  this 
latter  class,  the  residence  of 
Matthew  Addy,  Esq.,  on 
Summit  Avenue,  Mpunt 
Auburn,  is  a  fair  illustra- 
tion. Plain  unpretentious- 
ness  and  solidity  are  the 
general  characteristics  of 
this  class  of  houses.  Since 
the  inclined  plane  has  been 
established  to  Mount 
Auburn,  a  large  number  of 
new  houses  have  been  erect- 
ed, and  that  which  was  once 
a  suburb  is  now  part  and 
parcel  of  the  city,  and  yet, 
owing  to  its  great  height  above  the  city  proper,  it  has  all  of  the 
advantages  of  the  country. 

Far  beyond  Clifton,  and  twelve  miles  from  the  city  by  rail,  at  the 
charming  village  of  Wyoming,  thjre  are  some  beautiful  homes,  of 
which  the  residence  of  Geo.  D.  Winchell,  Esq.,  may  be  taken  as  a  fair 
representative.  Ten  years  ago  Wyoming  was  considered  out  in  the 
woods — and  in  reality  it  was — but  now  it  is  a  charming  village,  well 
and  thoroughly  built.  The  whole  section  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
school-house  and  new  church  was,  no  later  than  seven  years  ago,  a 
dense  forest.  Now  the  same  place  is-  dotted  on  all  sides  with 

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KENNY'S  ILLUSTRATED  CINCINNATI. 


some,  tasteful  residences.  From  the  heights  of  Wyoming,  back  of  the 
turnpike,  there  is  a  splendid  view  of  the  Mill  Creek  Valley,  and  the 
far  off  Clifton  heights;  while  on  the  left,  Glendale  and  the  beautiful 


gOT^ra^7J^i; 

country  beyond,  lies  smiling  in  the 
sunshine,  or,  in  Winter,  looks  just  as  lovely 
in  its  mantle  of  snow.     The  residences  of  Mr.  C. 
RESIDENCE  OF  GEORGE  D.    B.  Evans  and  Mr.  Burrows,  of  the  C.  B.  Evans 
WINCHELL,  ESQ.  "Mantel  and  Grate  Co.,  fill  beautiful  niches  in 

the  tall,  round,  wooded  hills  of  the  uplands. 

Again  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  city,  at  Norwood,  on  the  line  of 
the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati  Railroad,  there  are  some  fine  old  home- 
steads, almost  hidden  in  beautiful  grounds.  Norwood  presents  many 
beautiful  landscapes,  but  one  of  its  most  interesting  features  is  its  his- 
toric connection  with  our  national  antiquities.  Upon  one  of  the  high- 
est elevations  in  Hamilton  County  is  a  mound  from  which  have  been 
exhumed  many  interesting  Indian  relics — rude  arrow-heads  and  frag- 
ments of  yet  older  household  utensils.  About  forty -five  years  ago  the 
road  from  the  east  to  Cincinnati,  by  way  of  Columbus,  passed  through 
Norwood,  and  one  of  the  oldest  pioneers  of  Ohio — Mr.  J.  M.  M'Cul- 
loughj  the  agricultural  seed  merchant,  of  Walnut  Street — well  recollects 


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339 


the  ponderous  wagons  passing  through  the  settlement.     Times  are 
changed  now,  and  the  rich  and  varied  collection  of  evergreens,  the  teem- 
ing orchards  planted  in  his  beautiful  grounds,  present  as  strong  a  con- 
trast as  could  possibly  be  imagined  ^  . 
to  the  time  when  the  savage  red  In-  -V  v 
dian  marched,  in  semi-possession 
and  half  dreaded,  through  the  then, 
comparatively  speaking,  unculti- 
vated wilds.     In  those  days  there 
was  an  old  woman  living  at  Nor- 
wood  who  kept           _.      k        „ 


THE  M'CULLOUGH  HOMESTEAD. 

a  wayside  tavern,  where  fire-water  was  sold,  and  where  many  an  Indian 
stopped  to  drink.  She  filled  out  the  glass  or  jug  to  the  teamster  and  the 
Indian  impartially,  like  that  celebrated  Betty  Flanagan  of  whom 
Cooper  sings  in  his  "  Spy  " — 

"  Old  mother  Flanagan, 
Come  and  fill  the  can  again, 
For  you  can  fill 
And  we  can  swill, 
Good  Betty  Flanagan." 


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Another  beautiful  residence  at  Norwood  Heights,  built  in  a  more 
modern  style,  and  in  the  middle  of  beautiful  grounds,  is  that  of  Col. 
P.  P.  Lane,  of  the  firm  of  Lane  &  Bodley. 

Still  farther  east,  in  the  neighborhood  of  Linwood,  on  the  line  of 
the  Little  Miami  Kailroad,  and  at  Mount  Washington,  which  is  close 


RESIDENCE    OF  COL.   P.  P.   LANE. 


by,  there  are  many  noble  residences.  Among  the  finest  is  the  house 
of  Chas.  H.  Wolff,  Esq.,  one  of  Cincinnati's  leading  dry  goods  mer- 
chants. 

Mount  Washington  is  situated  upon  a  lofty  hill,  500  feet  above  the 
Ohio.  It  is  a  table-land,  comprising  over  500  acres.  Some  of  the 
finest  private  residences  are  those  of  F.  W.  Boye,  at  the  entrance  of  the 
village,  overlooking  the  valley  of  the  Little  Miami;  then,  next  in 


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341 


succession,  on  the 
main  and  adjoin- 
ing avenues,  are 
the  houses  of  L.  C. 
Keever,  Professor 
Stevens,  M.  Le 
Claire,  D.  W. 
Mundell,  Elisha 
Hawkins,  Mrs. 
S  wormstedt,  Capt. 
B.  Kline,  Aaron  A. 
Colter,  Thomas 
Ronaldson,  Steven 
Morse,  William  B. 
Dunham,  and  the 
Messrs.  Justus, 
Samuel  J.  and 
Davis  Corbly, 
John  H.  Girard, 
and  Henry  Brach- 
man. 

Situated  in 
about  the  center 
of  the  village  are 
the  large  grounds 
and  shrubberies  of 
Charles  H.  Wolff,  comprising  about  100  acres,  and  containing  most 
varieties  of  evergreens  and  deciduous  trees  of  both  native  and  foreign 
growth.  There  is  also  a  pretty  lakelet  of  about  three  acres,  fed  by 
seven  never-failing  springs.  The  house  is  of  polished  native  wood, 
every  piece  selected  with  the  greatest  care.  The  above  view  shows 
the  lake  in  Mr.  Wolff's  grounds. 


VIEW    AT    MOUNT   WASHINGTON. 


SUMMER   RESORTS. 

THE  people  of  Cincinnati  resort  to  almost  every  fashionable  water- 
ing place  on  the  continent,  and  it  is  believed  that  a  larger  number, 
in  proportion  to  the  population,  visit  Europe  annually  than  from 
any  other  city  of  her  size.  There  are,  however,  three  "near  home" 


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KENNY'S  ILL  USTRA  TED  CINCINNA  TI.  343 


resorts  that  are  generally  well  patronized.  Put-in-Bay,  on  an  island 
in  Lake  Erie,  is  within  twelve  hours  by  rail  and  steamer,  and  until 
late  years  had  the  greatest  number  of  visitors.  Chautauqua  Lake,  in 
Northern  New  York,  now  outrivals  Put-in-Bay ;  and  Yellow  Springs, 
situated  on  the  Little  Miami  Railroad,  is  the  most  convenient  of  all 
three,  being  but  seventy-five  miles  from  the  city,  and  can  be  reached 
by  three  trains  every  day. 

Yellow  Springs  is  celebrated  for  the  beauty,  and  healthfulness 
of  its  location,  for  the  picturesque  scenery  of  the  neighborhood,  and 
for  the  mineral  spring  which  gives  it  its  name,  and  makes  it  a  fav- 
orite place  of  Summer  resort.  The  location  is  said  to  be  the  highest 
on  the  railroad,  line  between  Cincinnati  and  the  lakes. 

Just  eastward  of  the  village  lies  "The  Glen"  This  is  a  deep 
ravine,  cut  through  beds  of  Niagara  limestone  and  skirted  all  along 
by  high  cliffs,  projecting  bluffs,  huge,  disrupted  masses  of  rocks, 
or  stones  of  smaller  size,  affording  an  enchanting  variety  of  scenery; 
while  at  the  foot,  along  the  stream,  and  above,  along  the  edges  of 
the  cliffs,  all  shaded  by  trees  of  natural  growth,  are  pleasant  walks 
inviting  the  leisure  hours  of  those  who  sojourn  here.  It  was  a  favor- 
ite remark  of  Hon.  Horace  Mann,  who  for  six  years  was  a  resident 
of  this  place,  as  President  of  Antioch  College,  that  "there  was  pictur- 
esque scenery  enough,  in  the  vicinity  of  Yellow  Springs,  if  it  could  be 
cut  up  and  divided,  to  make  a  reputation  for  forty  places." 

In  the  center  of  the  village  is  a  park  of  twenty  acres,  which  for 
magnificence  and  grandeur  exceeds  any  grounds  of  its  size  in  Ohio. 
The  foreign  traveler,  while  gazing  upon  it,  is  reminded  of  those  noble 
grounds  so  rich  in  luxuriance  and  shade,  to  be  seen  only  in  England. 
In  the  middle  of  this  beautiful  park  rises  the  elegant  and  spacious 
mansion  of  William  Means.  The  house  is  surrounded  by  the  origi- 
nal forest  oaks,  and  other  trees  and  shrubs,  with  lawns  and  winding 
drives.  The  accompanying  view,  from  a  photograph  of  the  house 
and  grounds,  will  convey  some  idea  of  its  beauty. 

The  Springs,  which  are  the  main  attraction  of  the  place,  are  situ- 
ated opposite  the  principal  hotel  of  the  village.  The  waters  are  largely  v 
impregnated  with  iron,  with  a  slight  admixture  of  magnesia  and 
soda,  and  thus  constitute  a  mild  and  healthful  tonic.  From  the 
earliest  settlement  of  the  country  they  have  been  resorted  to  by 
invalids,  who  have  been  benefited  by  drinking  them.  Yellow 
Springs  is  the  seat  of  Antioch  College,  founded  in  1853,  by  the  Hon. 
Horace  Mann,  and  which  has  always  maintained  a  very  high  repu- 
tation. 


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PLACES  AND  SIGHTS  WHICH  A  STRANGER  MUST  SEE. 

Tyler  Davidson  Fountain— The  largest  Fountain  in  the  United  States. 

The  Suspension  Bridge— One  of  the  finest  structures  on  this  Continent. 

The  Newport  Bridge— Eleven  spans,  the  widest  of  which  is  405  feet. 

St.  Peter's  Cathedral— The  spire  celebrated  for  its  harmonious  proportions. 
The  handsomest  in  the  United  States.  The  Cathedral  is  open  to  visitors,  from 
morning  till  evening.  (See  description,  page  101.) 

Interior  Hebrew  Synagogue— Frescoing  very  rich.   Apply  to  the  janitor. 

Interior  Pike's  Opera  House— The  proscenium  remarkable  for  beauty. 
Frescoing  on  ceiling  very  fine.  Dressing  rooms  remarkably  complete. 

Interior  of  the  Public  Library — The  best  arranged  Library  in  the 
United  States.  Has  a  capacity  for  250,000  volumes. 

Interior  of  Cincinnati  Hospital — The  second  largest  hospital  in  the 
United  States.  The  auditorium  arranged  to  seat  600  students.  See  the  wards, 
the  library,  and  pathological  museum.  See  the  arrangements  for  pay  patients. 
(Admission  daily,  2  to  4  P.  M.,  Sundays  excepted.) 

The  Exchange  of  the  Grand  Hotel— One  t>f  the  finest  Halls  in  the 
United  States.  The  views  from  the  fourth  and  fifth  floor  windows  of  the 
hotel,  on  the  south  and  west  and  north  sides,  are  remarkably  fine. 

Interior  of  the  Masonic  Temple — See  Banqueting  Room  of  the  Red 
Cross,  the  Prelate's  Room,  the  Asylum  of  the  Commandery,  Scotrh.Rite  As- 
sembly Room,  with  gallery  containing  banners  of  33  degrees.  The  organ,  the 
finest  ever  built  for  Masons.  Time  to  visit,  10  A.  M.,  daily,  Sundays  excepted. 

View  of  the  City  from  Price's  Hill— Take  omnibus  from  Post-office. 

View  of  the  City  from  Lookout  House,  Mount  Auburn— Take 
street-car  from  corner  of  Main  and  Fifth  Streets. 


PLACES  AND  SIGHTS  WHICH  A  STRANGER  SHOULD  SEE. 

Mount  St.  Mary's  Seminary— On  Price's  Hill.  See  the  library  and  pictures. 
The  view  from  the  turret  is  indisputably  one  of  the  finest  in  America. 

The  great  Reservoirs— In  Eden  Park.     Capacity,  100,000,000  gallons  each. 

The  Water  Works — On  Front  Street.  Immense  pumping  engines.  Cost  over 
one  million  dollars. 

Any  one  of  the  large  Breweries — Over  the  Rhine.  Visit  the  cellars. 
Some  of  these  buildings  cost  over  one  million  of  dollars. 

Wielert's  Saloon  and  Garden— Over  the  Rhine  on  concert  evenings. 

Lincoln  Park— Visit  in  the  evening,  from  7  till  9  o'clock,  and  in  early  morning. 

Washington  Park— See  the  great  aerolite  used  as  a  drinking  fountain. 

The  Phreiiix  Club— Richly  furnished  rooms.    Must  be  introduced. 

The  Cuvier  Club— See  collection  of  stuffed  birds  and  fish.    Must  be  introduced. 

The  Union  Bethel— On  Public  Landing.    Visit  on  Sundays,  at  2  P.  M. 

l*iii t <><!  States  Signal  Service  Rooms — Meteorological  Instruments. 

Young:  lion's   Mercantile  Library  Association  Rooms. 

The  Commercial,  Gazette,  and  Enquirer  Printing  Offices- 
See  the  new  Perfecting  Presses  in  the  two  former  and  Bullock's  Pre.^ses  in  the 
latter.  The  electrotyping  process  begins  in  each  office  after  midnight. 

Studios  of  the  Artists— Several  in  Reid's  Building  on  Fourth  Street.  Van 
Loo's  and  L'indy's  photographic  galleries  and  Wiswoll's  picture  store,  all 
on  Fourth  Street.  Occasionally  very  fine  pictures  ar<>  to  be  seen*. 

The  Ohio  by  moonlight— From  the  Suspension  Bridge. 

Spring*  Grove  Cemetery  and  Harrison's  Restaurant,  at  Spring  Lake. 

The  Grand  I>rive— (For  description  and  directions  see  page  302.) 


DISTANCES. 

Mt.  Auburn 

A  von  dale, 

Walnut  Hills,    ....  2! 

Clifton 

Cumminsville,    .... 

Spring  Grove,    ....   5 

College  Hill, 7! 


Bogart  ft  Folgcr  Cin. 


DIAGRAM   OF   THE   SUBURBS. 


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ATLANTIC  &  GREAT  WESTERN  R.  R. 

TWO  LINES  of  PULLMAN'S  CELEBRATED 


COACHES 

Leave  CINCINNATI  DAILY,  morning  and  night,  for 

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or  view  of  Drawing-room  and  Sleeping  Coach  combined,  in  use  on  this  line. 

WE  have  the  pleasure  of  informing  the  public  of  the  completion  ot  the  Buffalo  and 
Jamestown  Railroad,  between  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,and  Buffalo,  opening  a  new  and 
pleasant  route  between  the  South  and  Niagara  Falls,  Buffalo,  etc.  Trains  on  the  Buf- 
falo and  Jamestown  Railroad  will  depart  from,  and  arrive  at.  the  A.  &  G.  \V.  Depot,  in 
Jamestown,  and  deliver  and  receive  passengers  at  the  Erie  Railway  Depot  in  Buffalo, 
thus  avoiding  an  omnibus  transfer  between  the  South  and  Niagara  Falls. 

SCENERY  UNEQUALED!    TRACK  IN  PERFECT  ORDER! 

Take  the  Broad  Gauge  for  Comfort  and  a  Certainty  of  making  the  Time  Advertised. 

to  SARATOGA,  SHARON  SPRINGS,  WATKINS* 

GLEN,  LONG  BRANCH,  NEWPORT, 

and  all  points  in  New  England. 

Through  Tickets,  desired  locations  in  Through  Coaches,  and  any  information  can  be 

obtained  at  all  ticket  offices  jn  the  South  and  West. 

Ill  Cincinnati,  at  No,  4  Burnet  House,  115  Vine  St.,  and  at  the  Depot. 

P.  I>.  COOPER.  Cleveland,  O.  IV.  B.  SHATTUC,  Cincinnati,  O. 

General  Superintendent.  General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 


flMfl 

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are  situated  at 

ASHLAND,  KY., 

on  the  Ohio  River,  146%  miles  from  Cincinnati,  and  5  miles  from  Iron  ton, 
Ohio.    The  Company  are  known  as  the 

'  LEXINGTON  AND  BIG  SANDY  RAILROAD  CO., 

and  own  and  operate  fifteen  miles  of  a  railroad  known  by  that  name. 

The  product  of  the  Ashland  Furnace  is  equal  to  12,000  or  13,000  tons  of 
iron  annually.  The  quality,  No.  1  Mill  and  Foundry. 

The  Coal  raised  by  the  Company  is  of  good  quality,  and  unsurpassed 
for  iron-making.  It  is  used  by  furnaces  at  Iron  ton,  and  by  rolling-mills 
on  the  river.  As  a  locomotive  coal  it  is  free  from  sulphur  and  does  not 
clink,  and  it  possesses  quick  steam-making  qualities. 

Its  analysis  is,  ashes,  1.88;  carbon,  84.08;  hydrogen,  4.92;  oxygen,  9.12; 
sulphur,  0.019. 

The  Company  are  ready  to  supply  coal  or  iron,  in  any  quantity,  at  pre^ 
vailing  market  rates,  and  invite  correspondence. 

THE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  COMPANY  ARE 

JOHN  MEANS,  President.  WM.  F.  GAYLORD,  Treasurer. 

JOHN  G.  PEEBLES,  Vice-President.  ROBERT  PEEBLES,  Secretary. 


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CYRUS  ELLISON,  Pres.    WM.  L.  KEEPERS,  Gen'l  Supt.     GEO.  T.  SCOTT,  Sec'y  and  Treas. 

The  Lawrence  Iron -Works  Co.,  Ironton,  0., 

IRON  MANUFACTURERS. 

The  Lawrence  Iron  Works,  located  at  Ironton,  Ohio,  were  established  in  1853,  with  a 
capital  of  $22">,000.    The  annual  production  is  about  8,000  tons  of  Merchant  Iron. 

E.  S.  EEESON,  Ag't,  16  &  17  Public  Landing.  CINCINNATI 

MATTHEW  ADDY  &  Co., 

90  WEST  THIHD  STREET,  CINCINNATI, 

We  represent  the  following  Brands  of  Iron: 

HANGING  ROCK  CHARCOAL. 

Hamden,       Hope,  "Washington,       Jackson,         Bloom,          Lawrence,       Scloto, 

Eagle,  Monroe,        Cornelia,  Madison,         Monitor,       Kenton,  Gallia. 

TENNESSEE  AND  SOUTHERN  CHARCOAL. 

Brownsport,  Tenn.  Clark,  Tcnn.  M'Kee,    Ala.   Alabama,  Ala.    Hamilton,  Mo. 

La  Grange,  Wayne,"        Tecumseh,"       Moselle,  Mo.        Manhattan  L.S.  Ores. 

STOXE   COAL. 

Star,        Ohio.     Ohio,       Ohio.     Brier  Hill,       Ohio.     Yigo,  Ind.     Bessemer,  Mo. 

Tropic,  Belfont,     "          Mineral  Ridge,  "          Brazil,"        South  St.  Louis,  " 

Columbus,"          Franklin,"          Hubbard,  Planet,"         A.shland,  Ky. 


€AR  WHEEL 


MAL.L.EABLE. 


Shelbv, 
Buffaio, 
Maraincc, 

Manhattan, 


Monitor, 
M'Kee, 

Barren  Springs, 
Sunday  Creek, 


Lawrence, 
Cartersville, 
Franklinite, 
Bibb, 

Please  confer  with  us  when  you  are  in  the  market.     We  are  always 
able  to  obtain  very  low  rates  of  freight. 

Respectfully,       MATTHEW  ADDY  &  CO. 


Cottage,  Plate  Metal, 

Pool,  Manganese. 

Iron  Mountain, 
Raven  Cliff, 


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351 


LAMBENT  a  broi\poN, 


Olive  Machine-Shops,  Foundry,  and  Boiler-Yards, 

IRONTON,  OHIO. 


THE  above  engraving  represents  the  works  of  Lambert  &  Gordon,  at  Ironton,0hio. 
These  works  consist  of  Foundry,  Machine-shops,  Boiler-yard,  Smiths-shops,  and  Offices. 
The  buildings  are  all  of  brick,  except  the  boiler-yard,  which  will  be  replaced  with  a 
larger  brick  building  in  the  Fall  of  1875.  The  following  are  the  dimensions  of  the  works : 
Machine-shops,  100  by  50  feet,  two  stories  high;  Foundry,  100  by  50  feet;  Smiths-shop, 
60  by  40  feet ;  Boiler-shop,  80  by  45  feet ;  Offices,  40  by  20  feet,  two  stories  high. 
|  These  works  have  turned  out  more  than  200  tons  of  castings  per  month.  The  melt- 
ing and  crank  capacity  is  sufficiently  great  for  the  heaviest  class  of  work.  From  150  to 
200  men  are  constantly  employed.  The  yearly  product  of  the  works  is  about  $200,000. 
The  Specialties  of  the  works  consist  in  constructing  Blast  Furnaces,  for  which  we  take 
contracts  for  the  entire  iron  work  put  in  place:  Engines,  Castings,  Piping,  Hot  Blasts, 
Player,  Gordon's  and  the  celebrated  Whitewell  Fire-brick  Stove  Tuyeres,  etc.  In  fact, 
every  class  of  furnace  supply  and  construction  is  manufactured  at  our  works. 

Connected  with  our  fuimace  work,  we  manufacture  Hoisting  Machinery  for  Coal- 
works,  Inclines  to  river,  Lowering  Drums,  Tipples,  Dump  Cars,  Side,  End,  and  Bottom 
Cinder  Tubs  and  Buggies,  and  all  appurtenances  connected  with  coal  and  ore  mining, 
handling,  and  dumping. 

We  make  the  above  our  principal  business,  though  we  manufacture  Stationary  and 
Marine  Engines.  The  Cincinnati  Industrial  Exposition,  of  1874,  gave  our  firm  the 
highest  award  for  Stationary  Slide-valve  Engine. 

We  have  a  large  business  in  Rolling-mill  and  Nail-mill  Machinery,  Chill  Rolls,  Land 
Rolls,  etc. 

LAMBERT  &  OORDOX,  1 1  011(011,  O. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


JNfoftoi) 


-  TIKCIE! 


of  which  the  above  engraving  is  an  illustration,  are  situated  at 

ASHLAND,  KY., 

and  were  established  in  the  year  1873,  with  a  cash  capital  of  $800,000.    The 
Works  consist  of 

A  FURNACE,  for  the  manufacture  of  Pig  Iron. 

A  ROLLING  MILL,  with  twenty  Bailing  Furnaces,  and 

TlIKl-  1:  If  EATITVO  FURNACES,  for  the  manufacture  of  Muck  Bar 
from  the  Pig  Iron.    Also,  a 

NAIL  FACTORY,  with  eighty  Nail  Machines  manufacturing  from  said 
Muck  Bar  all  the  various  sizes  of 

CUT  NAILS,  TOBACCO  NAILS, 

FINISHING  NAILS,     CLINCH  NAILS, 
etc.,  etc., 

from  five  hundred  to  six  hundred  kegs  per  day.     The  productions  are 

entirely 

NAILS  AND  PIG  IRON. 

The  number  of  hands  employed  in  the  average  business  season  amounts 
to  about  six  hundred  :  Coal  Diggers,  Ore  Diggers,  Bailers,  Rollers,  Engi- 
neers, Nailers,  Nail  Cutters,  Clerks,  and  Managers. 

The  Officers  of  the  Company  are  President,  Secretary,  and  Treasurer, 
controlled  by  a  Board  of  nine  Directors. 

The  "Works  are  represented  in  Cincinnati  by 


Hi. 

23  WEST  THIRD  STREET. 


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THE  HECLA  F 


This  property  is  situated  three  miles  out  from 


and  has  a  territory  of  about  fourteen  thousand  acres,  well  supplied 
with  timber,  coal  and  iron  ores.  The  production  of  this  Furnace  is 
used  principally  in  the  manufacture  of  Car  Wheels,  and,  in  common 
with  other  Hanging  Rock  Irons,  is  noted  for  its  superior  quality. 
It  is  similar  in  character  to  the  celebrated  Salisbury  Irons  of  Con- 
necticut and  New  York,  so  much  used  for  the  manufacture  of  Gov- 
ernment Ordnance,  and,  in  connection  with  those  metals  and  the 
well-known  Juniata  Iron,  was  used  to  some  extent  in  casting  heavy 
guns  during  the  Rebellion. 


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THE  WORKS  OF  THE 


Aurora  Iron  Company, 

of  which  the  engraving  is  an  illustration,  are  situated  at 

AURORA,  IND., 

and  were  established  in  the  year  ]873.     They  manufacture 

Sheet,  Bar,  ana  Hoop  Iron. 

The  Mill  has  all  of  the  newly  improved  machinery  for  making  Sheet 
and  Bar  Iron.  The  works  contain  one  of  the  largest  Shears  for  shear- 
ing Plate-iron  in  the  United  States,  and  have  a  capacity,  when  in  full 
operation,  of  consuming  fifty  tons  of  pig  metal,  and  twenty-five  tons  of 
Scrap,  per  day.  The  number  of  hands  employed  are  about  ninety. 

Tie  Establishment  is  represented  in  Cincinnati  liy 

LEVI  C.  GOODALE, 

Vice-President, 

214  MAIN   STREET. 


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THE  BLOOM-FORGE  IRON-WORKS 


—  OF  THE  — 


Gaylord  Rolling  -Mill  Company 

(\vliich  are  shown  in  the  above  engraving) 

Are  situated  at  PORTSMOUTH,  OHIO,  and  were  established 
in  the  year  1832.      The  Works  consist  of 

A  FORGE,  in  which  there  are  Engines,  Puddling  Furnaces,  Run-out  and  Refining 
Furnaces,  Nobbling  or  Charcoal  Fires,  Forge-trains  of  Rolls,  Squeezer,  Steam  Ham- 
mer of  great  power,  Ore  Crusher  and  Pulverizer,  Shears  of  capacity  to  cut  plates 
ten  feet  long,  etc. 


TUB:  ROEiI^INO  MIIJT.S  consist  of  Engines  of  great  power,  Plate  and  Sheet  Mills 
of  large  capacity,  Bar  Mill,  three  train  high,  and  two  eight-inch  Grade  Trains,  Heat- 
ing and  Annealing  Furnaces,  Hammer,  Lathes,  Shears,  Saws,  etc. 

THE  STEAM  for  driving  the  machinery  in  Forge  and  Mills,  is  generated  in  boilers 
over  the  puddling  furnaces,  with  a  Battery  besides. 

A  FACTORY,  in  which  are  Engine  and  Boilers,  Railroad  Chair  Machine,  Railroad- 
spike  and  Boat-spike  Machines,  Rivet  Machines,  Bolt  Machines,  Punches,  Shears, 
Lathes,  Furnaces,  etc. 

A  IjARUE  WAREHOUSE  for  storing  iron,  etc.;  a  large  Store  for  sale  of  goods  to 
supply  their  hands;  Office  Buildings,  etc.,  the  whole  covering  900  by  400  feet  on  the 
river  bank,  and  fronting  on  Front  Street. 

THEY  MANUFACTURE  Boiler  Plate  and  Tank  Iron,  Sheet,  flat,  round,  and 
squares,  and  Bands  and  Hoop  Irons.  Also,  Railroad  and  Boat  Spikes,  Railroad 
Chairs,  Splice  Bars,  and  Bolts;  Nut  8,  Washers,  and  Rivets. 

MAKE  SPECIALTIES  in  Roiler-plate  Iron  and  Roller  Rivet*,  and  were 

the  first  manufacturers  in  the  West  to  make  and  stamp  its  tensile  strength  upon 
the  plates  as  per  Act  of  Congress  relating  to  marine  boilers,  and  produce  the  same 
in  grades  from  00,000  to  70,000  pounds  as  minimum,  which  iron,  however,  runs  from 
60.000  to  <SO,ooo.  They  also  make  a  Specialty  in  First  (trades  of  Rars  and 
nil  descriptions  of  Iron  where  a  liigli  tensile  strength  is  required  for 
speeial  purposes,  using  for  such  specialties  the  finest  and  best  cold  blast 
metals  obtainable  in  Ohio,  Missouri,  Tennessee,  Georgia,  and  Alabama,  without  re- 
gard to  their  cost.  There  are  now  more  than  lf>0  steamers  running  upon  the  Western 
and  Eastern  waters  whose  boilers  are  made  of  the  Gaylord  Iron. 

THEY  C1LAIM  great  uniformity  of  quality  in  their  products,  particu- 

larly in  Roiler  Plates,  for  the  reason  of  producing  their  own  Blooms,  knowing 
at  all  times  what  Stock  goes  into  such  Blooms. 

THE  WAREHOUSE  and  Offices  of  the  Company  in  Cincinnati  are  situated 

at  No.  92  Rroadway,  between  Third  and  Fourth  Streets. 


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o. 


of  which  the  accompanying  engraving  is  an  illustration,  are  situated  at 

PITTSBTJRG,  PENN., 


and  were  established  in  the  yoar  ISfil.  The  Works  embrace  all  modern  facilities  for  the 
economical  production  of  ^1  Bnora  ^^^  T^^  TF  from  the  finer  qualities  for 
manufacture  of  edge  tools,  ^fe\  ••-  ••-  •  .  through  all  gradations  to 

thoee  lower  qualities  which  b*J?  aflL  J^l  iMiid  ^LJi  are,  for  many  purposes,  su- 
perseding iron.  Until  quite  recently  English  manufacturers  had  control  of  this  market, 
and  American  Steels  were  almost  unknown.  But  in  this  important  branch  of  industry, 
as  in  many  others,  the  enterprise  and  perseverance  of  American  manufacturers  have 
developed  these  interests,  and  small  beginnings  have  grown  to  large  proportions. 

PARK.  IftKOTIIRR  «fc  C'O.  were  among  the  first  in  the  field  on  best  Cast-steel, 
and,  by  unremitting  attention  to  the  wants  of  customers,  have  made  their  trade  mark 
of  VRl.Ar;K  1>IA  II  <»IV  familiar  from  Maine  to  California.  They  have,  with 
commendable  enterprise,  established  Branch  Houses  in  Boston  and  New  York,  and 
Agencies  in  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Chicago,  and  San  Francisco, and  have  especially 
identified  themselves  with  this  section  through  their 

BRANCH   HOUSE, at  No.  43  Walnut  Street,  CINCINNATI, 

thus  giving  buyers  additional  opportunities  for  purchasing  from  first  hands. 

By  uniformity  in  quality  of  goods,  promptness  in  business,  and  a  careful  considera- 
tion of  wants  of  customers,  they  expect,  in  the  future  as  in  the  past,  to  merit  a  liberal 
share  of  patronage. 

The  works  cover  about  seven  acres,  and  the  firm  have  in  their  employ  four  hundred 
hands,  and  produce  the  following  kinds  and  shapes:  'FI:it.  Offagroii.  and  Round 
Tool  st «•<>!:  Machinery.  Merman.  Tire,  and  Plow  Steel;  «'ast  and  Qer- 
111:111  Spring?  ^<«»el:  €'wtler.y  and  Fil«*  Meel :  and,  also,  make  a  specialty  of 
HOHOOKWEOUtt  STKKLi  ROILKR  PIRATES.  In  addition  they  make  many 
special  Stoels  to  meet  the~wants  of  the  manufacturing  interests. 

Those  interested  in  investigating  American  manufactures  are  cordially  invited  to  • 
inspect  their  works  at  Pittsburir,  and  buyers  will  always  receive  courteous  attention  at 
their  Branch  House,  43  Walnut  Street,  Cincinnati. 


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The  Covington  Rail-Mill 

is  one  of  the  extensive  manufactories  of 

COVIIVG^TOIV,    KY., 

and  is  located  on  Scott  Street.  The  view,  in  the  illustration,  is  taken  from  the  great 
Suspension  Bridge.  The  works  cover  about  4  acres,  and  were  established  in  1854.  Their 
capacity  is  equal  to  about  300  tons  per  week.  There  are  about  150  hands  employed  dur- 
ing the  ordinary  season,  and  in  busy  times  many  more. 

JAMES  G.  KYLE  AND  ROBERT  KYLE. 


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EASTERN  KENTUCKY  RAILWAY  COMPANY. 


THIS  Company  was  organized  in  1870,  succeeding  to  the  rights 
and  to  the  property  formerly  owned  by  the  Kentucky  Improve- 
ment Company.  Since  its  organization,  twenty-three  miles  of 
Kailroaa  have  been  built  in  extension  of  twelve  miles  acquired  from 
the  former  Company.  Its  Northern  terminus  is  on  the  Ohio  River,  at 
Riverton,  Ky,  wKieh  is  the  Shipping  Point  for  a  large  production,  of 
Pig  Iron,  Iron  Ore,  Cannel  and  Bituminous  Coals.  The  Company 
owns  a  large  tract  of  land  at  this  point,  and  a  very  pretty,  substantial 
town  is  here  being  built,  having  advantages  of  fine  location,  excellent 
water,  wide  streets,  and  all  the  elements  necessary  to  a  well-ordered 
town.  The  Company  also  owns  twenty  thousand  acres  of  Mineral 
Lands  and  two  Charcoal  Furnaces  (Hunnewell  and  Pennsylvania),  and 
the  celebrated  Hunnewell  Cannel  Coal  Mines.  Its  operations  furnish 
employment  for  six  hundred  men.  The  extension  of  the  Railroad  to 
Grayson  and  Willard  have  been  the  means  of  developing  large  Min- 
eral interests.  A-t  and  near  Willard  theBelfont  Iron  Works,  and  Etna 
Iron  Works,  of  Ironton,  have  purchased  several  thousand  acres  of  very 
valuable  land,  with  Coal  and  Iron  Ores  in  great  abundance  and  of  the 
best  qualities.  The  following  Furnaces  are  tributary  to  the  road; 
Mount  Savage,  Iron  Hills,  Hunnewell,  Pennsylvania,  Laurel,  and  Buf- 
falo. Other  large  local  interests  are  developing;  especially  the  Lum- 
ber trade,  of  which  millions  of  feet  are  yearly  shipped  to  the 'Ohio 
River  Markets.  The  Counties  of  Carter,  Lawrence,  Eliot,  and  Mor- 
gan obtain  the  great  part  of  their  Merchandise  by  this  Route.  The 
Charter  of  this  Company  enables  it  to  continue  its  line  to  a  connection 
with  the  Virginia  and  Tennessee  Road.  Such  a  line  of  Road,  having 
a  rich  Mineral  Territory  on  its  whole  Line,  with  five  known  workable 
veins  of  Coal,  with  a  connection  at  the  Ohio  River  with  Steamers  and 
Barge  Lines,  and  probably  soon  a  Railroad  down  the  Ohio  Valley,  is 
proving  a  vast  benefit  to  Eastern  Kentucky,  which  is  susceptible  of  be- 
ing made  one  of  the  great  Iron  centers  of  the  World.  Having  in  itself, 
in  great  abundance,  all  the  raw  material  used  in  Iron  making.  The 
character  of  Iron  now  made  here  is  among  the  best  of  the  well  known 
" Hanging-rock"  District  brands;  and  in  the  great  improvement  and 
growth  of  Iron  business  in  the  future,  we  may  well  expect  that  East- 
ern Kentucky,  with  its  growing  transportation  facilities,  will  become 
highly  developed,  and  enjoy  its  full  measure  of  success. 


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as  shown  in  the  engraving,  are  situated  at 

PITTSBURG,  PENN,; 

were  established  in  1848 ;  are  the  most  extensive  and  complete  in  all  their 
details  of  any  in  the  country,  having  a  capacity  for  producing  forty  tons 
of  Steel  per  day.  They  produce  all  descriptions, 

CIRCULAR  SAW  PLATE  STEEL 

being  one  of  their  specialties,  which  they  make  up  to  72-inch  diameter. 

HOMOGENEOUS  STEEL  BOILER  PLATE, 

for  which  the  Gold  Medal  was  awarded  at  the  Cincinnati  Exposition,  1874. 
All  the  Plate  Steel  is  rolled  on  the  celebrated  I.ouili  Patent  Tliree- 
liiffli  Rolls,  for  which  S.  N.  &  Co.  have  the  exclusive  right  for  the  United 
States  for  rolling  Steel. 

THE  SURFACE  OF  THE  PLATE  IS  UNEQUALED  BY  ANY  MANUFACTURE 

IN  THE  COUNTRY. 

This  firm  Controls  Seven  Different  Patents  in  the  conduct  of  their 

business. 

AGRICULTURAL  STEEL, 

of  every  description  and  of  unequaled  quality,  is  one  of  their  specialties. 

TOOL,  MACHINERY,  SPRING,  TIRE,  ETC. 

Represented  in  this  city  by 

FULLERTON  &  BROWN, 

57  WEST  PEARL  STREET, 

Between  Walnut  and  Vine,  where  a  large  stock  is  constantly  on  hand. 


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THE  SILK  MILLS 

—  OF  — 

BELDING  j3i\ps,  &"  Co,, 

of  which  the  accompanying  view  is  an  illustration,  are  at 

ROCKVILLE,  CONN., 

and  cover  about  five  acres.   They  were  established  in  1865,  and  are  one  of 

the  largest  establishments  engaged  in  this  business  in 

the  United  States.    They  manufacture 

all  descriptions  of 

SEWING-SILKS. 

The  number  of  their  employees  is  about  five  hundred.  They  have 
agencies  in  the  principal  cities  of  the  United  States.  The  New  York 
Agency  is  at  No.  510  Broadway ;  the  Philadelphia  Agency,  at  Sixth  and 
Arch  Streets ;  the  Chicago  Agency,  at  198  East  Madison  Street ;  the  St. 
Louis  Agency,  at  601  North  Fourth  Street,  and  the 

CINCINNATI  AGENCY,  AT  56  WEST  FOURTH  STREET. 

30 


362 


A  D  VER  TISEMENTS. 


The  Mills  of 


LOUIS  SNIDER, 

Paper  Manufacturer, 


as  shown  in  the  ac- 
companying en- 
gravings, are 
situated  a* 


HAMILTON, 


OHIO, 


and  are  known 
as  the 


Franklin  and  Fair  Grove  Paper  Mills* 


The  productions  are 

News  aM  Boofc  Fruiting 
Papers, 


each  Mill  producing  about 
5,000  pounds  daily. 


The   Warehouse,   in   this 
city,  occupied  by  him  as 
a  Whol«'s:il«»  !><•:» I «T 
iii   Paper  of  all 
It  i  ii<l*.  is  situa- 
ted at 


No,  121  Walnut  Street, 


and  has  a  frontage  of  25  feet,  and  a  depth  of  100  feet,  and  (j  stories  in 

height.    The  business  of  the  firm  extends  over  the 

entire  Western  and  Southern  States. 


AD  VER  TISEMENTS. 


363 


FACTORIES  AT  FLORENCE,  MASS. 


1838, 


NONOTUCK  SILK  COMPANY, 

MANUFACTURERS   OF 


Sewing-Silk,  Machine  Twist,  Colored  Spool  Silk,  etc. 


"NONOTUCK."  "CORTICELLI."  "BARTOLINI."  "CLARK'S  PURE  DYE." 


H,  I B,  BOWEN,  AgenU8WjsOliird  Street,  CINCINNATI,  0, 

VERY  few  Western  and  Southern  buyers  and  consumers  are  aware  of  the  extent  and 
magnitude  of  some  of  the  various  manufactories  which  produce  the  goods  they  buy,sell, 
and  use  every  day  ;  and,  doubtless, many  of  even  our  own  citizens  do  not  know  that  right 
in  their  city  they  have  a  representative  branch  of  the  largest  manufactory  in  the  world 
of  Kewing-silk  and  Machine  Twist,  and  one  which  ranks  in  age  with  the  pio- 
neers of  this  country  in  the  manufacture  of  these  goods, having  been  established  in  1838, 
and  running  successfully  until  now.  It  employs  over  five  hundred  hands. and  consumes 
in  its  various  productions  over  eighty  thousand  pounds  of  raw  stock  annually,  and  ex- 
ceeds in  the  production  of  Sewing-silk  and  Machine  Twist  the  mills  of  any 
other  company,  by  nearly,  if  not  quite,  one  hundred  per  cent. 

The  productions  of  this  Company  are  sold  under  the  above  trade  marks,  and  have 
taken  the  first  premiums  for  their  superiority  wherever  exhibited.  Among  the  cele- 
brated brands  of  Sewing-silk  manufactured  in  America, none  is  more  famous  than  the 
"•CORTlCEfjIjI"  brand  of  this  Company. 

To  this  manufactory  belongs  the  credit  of  having  manufactured  the  first  Machine 
Twist,  for  use  on  sewing-machines,  made  in  this  or  any  other  country. 

We  cordially  invite  the  trade  and  public  generally  to  inspect  our  goods,  and  will 
guarantee  length,  weight,  and  quality  in  every  package  sold. 


364  AD  VEE  TISEMENTS. 


OWEN  OWENS' 


ESTABLISHED  d859. 


67  West  Third  Street,   CINCINNATI,  O. 


AntiwiM  Agent  for  the  following  Companies,  namely  : 


COMMERCIAL  UNION,  of  London,              Capital  (Gold),  $12,500,000  00 

AMERICAN,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,           Assets,  1,116,992  89 

W1LLIAMSBURGH,  City  of  New  York,            «  726,146  14 

ORIENT  INSURANCE  CO.,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,   "  656,217  80 

CITY  INSURANCE  CO.,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,     "  207,818  05 


Massachusetts  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  of  Spriiieli,  Mass. 

ASSETS,  over  $5,5OO,OOO. 

POLICIES  ARE  ><>T  FORFEITED  in  the  Massachusetts  Mutual 

Life  Insurance  Co.  BY  FAILURE  TO  PAY  THE  PREM- 

I  VMS  WHEIf  I>UE,  but  are  continued  in  force  by  the 

Non-forfeiture  Law  of  the  State  of  Mas- 

sachusetts, of  April,  1861. 


AD  VER  TISEMENT8. 


365 


NIAGARA 


Twenty-three 

Years7 
Practical  Experience. 

Losses  Paid, 

over 
$4,000,000. 


CO., 

OF 

HEW  YOf. 


Agencies 

in  all 
the  Principal  Cities  and 

Towns 

throughout  the  United 
States. 


Cash  Assets,       $1,475,397. 
SNIDER  &  LINDSEY,  CBN0BNNATI, 

MANAGERS'  CENTRAL  DEPARTMENT. 

LIDSEY,  RAUH  &  CO,  Local  Aft  32  W,  3d  St.  CINCINNATI,  0, 


366 


A  D  VER  TISEMENTS. 


J.  W.  GOSLING,  Manfr.  t  FIRST-CLASS  CARRIAGES, 


Cor.  Sixth  and  Sycamore  Streets,  CINCINNATI,  O. 

CUTS  AND  CIRCULARS  SENT  ON  APPLICATION. 


AD  VER  TISEMENTS. 


367 


Abner  LFr«&  §o*,ffholegale  tors, 


Successors  to 

JAMES  A  nm  &  no. 

This  firm  is  located  at 

11:  No.  44  f  tint  Street, 

and  was  established  in  1S72.  The  build, 
ing,  which  ranks  as  one  of  the  best  on 
this  great  business  street, has  a  front- 
age of  25  feet, and  a  depth  of  200  feet.  It 
is,  including  the  basement,  5  stories  in 
height.  A  bonded  warehouse  adjoins 
the  establishment,  and  is  under  con- 
trol of  the  firm.  The  business  transac- 
tions of  this  house  extend  over  a  wide 
territory,  which  includes  the  Western 
and  Southern  States.  They  import 
TEAS  direct  by  the  way  of  San  Fran- 
cisco and  New  York, and  often  receive 
consignments  from  Japan.  The  house 
:  does  a  heavy  commission  business,and 
sh 


,  fi- 


, 

makes  cash  advances  on  provisions, 
roduce,  and  cotton,  and  pays  atten- 
ion to  orders  for  the  purchase  of  pro- 
visions and  Cincinnati  manufactured 
goods. 
Abner  L.  Frazer,  J.  Fred.  Heitmeyer 

Sheldon  L.  Frazer, and 
James  A.  Frazer,  Special  Partner. 


Among  the  finest  salesrooms  ojf  th 
city  are  the  old-established  i 
PET  WAKEROOMS  of  the  fi 


IS,  JOSEPH  C.  EIMGWALT  &  CO., 


lt,, 

Pike's 

Opera 

House 

Building. 

Their  great  salesroom  entends  22'>  feet  in  depth,  with  a  width  of  30  feet,  with  basement 
and  sub-cellars  of  corresponding  size.  This  space  affords  opportunity  for  the  display  of 
every  shade  and  pattern  of  Foreign  and  Domestic  Carpets.  The  stock  generally  embraces 
full  lines  of  all  the  finer  grades  of  Carpetings,  as  well  as  those  of  the  lower  qualities,  in 
great  variety,  besides  a  stock  of  all  widths  of  Oil-cloths,  and  a  full  supply  of  Mattings, 
Rugs, Curtain-materials, etc.  The  carpet  business  is  one  that  requires  experience  as  one 
of  the  prime  necessities  in  conducting  it  to  advantage.  The  many  years  this  firm  have 
been  engaged  in  the  business  (having  been  established  in  1843)  is  a  guara  ntee  to  the  tourist 
that  here,  at  least,  he  will  find  the  choicest  and  most  desirable  of  goods,  if  not  the  most 
extensive  assortment.  The  house  was  one  of  the  first  established  in  the  business  in  this 
city,  and  their  sales  are  co-extensive  with  their  character  and  well-earned  reputation. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  J.  C.  Ringwalt,  L.  M.  Ringwalt,  and  A.  R.  Ringwalt. 


368 


AD  VER  TISEMENTS. 


Time-Tried, 


Fire-Tested, 


Y, 


OF  HARTFORD, 

Cash  Capital, •        ••   $6OQ,OOO  OO 

Surplus,        .  1,252,302  82 

Total  Cash*  Assets,        .  1,852,30282 

Total  Losses  Paid,  $10,774.840  45 

A  RECORD  of  brilliant  success  and  substantial  prosperity  in  a  profession  in  which 
three-fourths  of  all  the  companies  engaged  prove  bitter  failures,  indicates  sound- 
ness of  management,  conservative  practice,  and  legitimate  underwriting. 


Western  Branch  Office  No,  24  lest  Fourth  Street  Cincinnati  0. 


Mark  well  the  record  of  this  powerful  corporation,  and  the  same  management,  prudence, 

and  integrity  which  has  served  to  elevate  it  to  its  present  high  position  will  carry 

it  still  higher,  enabling  it  to  continue  to  furnish  insurance  of  the  very  choicest 

character  to  all  who  are  willing  to  pay  a  proper  price  for  sound  indemnity. 


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